[brussels-dev] [clearview-discuss] 2008/056 Brussels addendum

[sowmini.varadhan at sun.com]

On (02/05/08 23:04), Peter Memishian wrote:
>  > The DEFAULT value feels like it belongs in the mactype_t-
>  > is there any other more appropriate place in the mactype plugin?
>  > Is there some deviation from the "defaults apply to all
>  > links of a certain mactype" rule that I'm missing?
> 
> I could imagine properties that could have per-hardware defaults.  For
> instance, properties tied to hardware rings.  (Do we know what properties
> the Crossbow team plans to add?)


You're right. I now recall that, even for ethernet, different
hardware can impact the default values of things like 1000fdx etc.

So the driver would have to be involved in determining the DEFAULT
in these cases.

--Sowmini