Re: eth_setup()
Peter Samuelson (peter@wire.cadcamlab.org)
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:23:42 -0600 (CST)
[visi0n]
> I was reading the kernel 2.0.38 and 2.0.13 ./init/main.c and look
> eth_setup(), this function do a search in the structure device list
> looking for one device name pointed by str and getting the irq,
> base_addr, mem_start and mem_end values from ints vector. Well not
> strange for you guys but when I'v comment the whole function, the
> linux still working. Im confused because some ppl told me that this
> function start the ether devices.
Who told you that? It just parses the kernel command line. If you
have card(s) for which Linux can autodetect the right parameters, you
don't need it.
Peter
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