On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 09:11 -0800, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Sebastien Roy wrote:
> > Does "driver property" mean dladm link property, or driver.conf setting,
> > or something else?  Why wouldn't it be better to simply have the driver
> > call some mii_*() function to set the probe order without getting an
> > administrative tunable involved?
> >   
> 
> Its via ddi_prop_update_int().  While this could be administratively 
> tuned, the intent is that the property is created programatically.
> 
> I need the property to exist fairly early, so having a driver set it up 
> in attach() seemed like the least intrusive way of handling this.

Right, and doesn't the driver create a mii handle in attach?  It seems
odd that something that will never need to be tuned ends up in a .conf
file.  It's your call though, I don't have a strong opinion over this
private workaround. (+1)

-Seb


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