Steven Stallion wrote:
> All,
>
> In a nutshell: What is the correct usage of the m_instance member in
> mac_register_t?
>
> The Nemo design docs seem to suggest this can be used for multi-port
> (multiple MAC's per dev_info_t?) devices, however I am not sure how this
> should be implemented.
>
For dnet, leave it zero. The idea is that some NICs have more than one
port per devinfo instance. dnet isn't one of those. :-)
> Does the use of this member require multiple invocations of
> mac_register() ? If so, does this mean tracking multiple mac_handle_t
> instances in the driver soft state?
>
Yes, it would require multiple invocations. And yes, you'd have
multiple mac_handle_t's. But again, for most NICs you never need this.
-- Garrett
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Steve
>
>
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