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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>
Cc: joseluismarchetti@yahoo.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to access a regular file from within a module ?
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:13:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49698DFC.4040505@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1231652146.4235.6.camel@perihelion.bos.jonmasters.org>

Jon Masters wrote:
> 
> [NOTE: If you're doing embedded development and you don't have an EEPROM
> on your board, and you're asking this because someone told you to find
> the cheapest and nastiest solution in software, then look at passing in
> the desired MAC via the firmware, as many embedded boards already do. ]
> 

Or just have the startup scripts set it via ifconfig.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-11  6:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-11  3:44 How to access a regular file from within a module ? Jose Luis Marchetti
2009-01-11  5:35 ` Jon Masters
2009-01-11  6:13   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2009-01-11 11:30 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12  2:44   ` Jose Luis Marchetti
2009-01-12  4:36     ` Robert Hancock
2009-01-12 15:51       ` Jose Luis Marchetti
2009-01-12 22:25         ` Ben Nizette

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