netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

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Message-ID: <51C21253.2070308@ntlworld.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:31 +0100
From:	Stephen Moorby <steve.moorby@...world.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	jiri@...nulli.us, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet
 device

I will be using an Ubuntu 10.04 kernel with the 'eth_dev' module 
parameter patch.  I appreciate a better solution needs to be designed 
but it is not one I can contribute to.  I still advocate the patch as an 
improvement on the current non functional situation.

On 19/06/13 20:18, David Miller wrote:
> From: Stephen Moorby <steve.moorby@...world.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:26:53 +0100
>
>> The lapbether driver binds to the first ethernet device that comes up.
>> This causes problems in hardware with multiple ethernet interfaces,
>> potentially resulting in the LAPB traffic on the wrong interface.
>> Have added a module parameter 'eth_dev' to specify the ethernet
>> interface over which lapbether should operate.  The module behaves
>> as before if no device is specified.
>>
>> Patch created on linux-next 18-Jun-2013.
>> Tested on 2.6.32-45-generic.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Moorby <steve.moorby@...world.com>
> I rejected this patch last night, stating that module parameters are
> deeply discouraged and therefore you need to create a runtime mechanism
> to control this.
>

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