netdev - Re: SMC91x: forcing speed

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Message-ID: <4A2D85D7.6050509@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:42:47 +0200
From:	Martin Fuzzey <mfuzzey@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	richard.rojfors@...ian.se, nico@....org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SMC91x: forcing speed

David Miller wrote:
>> The smc91x driver already has ethtool support.
>> However, as I stated in my original post, I don't want to use ethtool
>> from userspace since I need to be able to use a NFS rootfs.
>>     
>
> You can set the ethtool setting from an initramfs before the
> NFS mount of the root filesystem occurs.
>   
Yes I sure could.
But I don't currently need a initramfs for anything else - adding one
would complicate the build and boot process.
IMHO the place for board specific hacks is in the board specifc startup
code - am I wrong?

Regards,

Martin


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