[Cbe-oss-dev] question about ps3_gelic driver

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Masakazu Mokuno wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:14:26 +0200
> Stefan Assmann <sassmann at suse.de> wrote:
> > I was wondering why the ps3_gelic driver uses /dev/eth0 for ethernet and
> > wireless lan? Will this stay this way? Wouldn't the approach to have
> > /dev/eth0 for ethernet and maybe /dev/eth1 for wireless lan be more
> > convenient? Maybe there are good reasons for this approach and I don't
> > know them yet...
> 
> The PS3 ethernet and wireless share the mac address, hardware queue, and
> interrupts.
> That is the reason why the original author chose the design that one
> ethX interface drives ethernet or wireless like as the hardwares share.
> 
> I'm working on rewriting wireless (and some of ethernet part) driver and
> I have plan to separate them into two ethX interfaces like you suggested. 
> 
> Even if the work is completed, the restriction that ethernet and
> wireless share one mac address will remain.

I'm wondering how the udev persistent-net rules will handle multiple eth*
devices with the same MAC address...

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
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