On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:24:45 +0200 Joerg Roedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 09:01:12PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > If the device looks like a duck (Ethernet), then why does it need > > a separate ARP type. There are other tools that might work without > > modification if it just fully pretended to be an ether device. > > This solves the problem of getting a list of all EtherIP devices. If > they use ARPHRD_ETHER and use an ioctl in the SIOCDEVPRIVATE space is > not a save way (not even if the ioctl uses ethip0, this device could be > owned by another driver if EtherIP is not present). > On the other hand, a new ARP type opens a lot of new problems. A lot of > userspace tools and libraries must be changed. So this solutions is not > perfect. > > Cheers, > Joerg To get a list of all EtherIP devices, just maintain a linked list in the private device information. Use list macros, it isn't hard. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
