netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] Ethtool style in kernel network driver configuration.

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Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:50:20 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	mfuzzey@...il.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com, nico@....org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Ethtool style in kernel network driver
	configuration.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 05:09:48PM -0700, David Miller wrote:

> You can instantiate a platform_device that the driver matches
> and uses to acquire board-specific-juju such as link modes
> which are non-functional.

How would you handle PCI devices in that scheme?  Last time I looked at
this (a while ago, so I may be out of date) there didn't appear to be a
sensible generic way of getting platform data to PCI devices.
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