On (06/17/07 20:51), Cathy Zhou wrote: > I was actually discussing this (the initialization of the linkprop) with > Meem the other day, and I am thinking of to call the dladm_init_prop() in > the rcm framework (specifically, in network_rcm when it discovers a new > physical link.
That would be a good thing for Brussels, but what is the definition of "link discovery"? Is that defined as hitting mac_start()? Or the attach function? > I don't know whether it is already late to initialize some linkprops when > network_rcm discovers the new links though. Well, in theory, if the driver property implementation has been written flexibly, it should not be too late. We are doing this part for some properties like jumbo frames. But, in general, if the driver has been written based on the assumption that all prop definitions are available at attach, then that driver cannot leverage from then network_rcm -> dladm_init_linkprop enhancement. We will still have the door call invocation from attach to do the dladm_init_linkprop so that things are no worse than the update_drv method for such drivers. --Sowmini
