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List:       opensolaris-driver-discuss
Subject:    Re: [driver-discuss] Re: Removing of bge's duplicate kstat entries
From:       "Garrett D'Amore" <garrett () damore ! org>
Date:       2007-06-13 7:14:58
Message-ID: 466F9972.3070003 () damore ! org
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Raymond LI - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote:
> [correcting with right alias]
>
> Raymond LI - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>> Currently we have two duplicate kstat blocks in bge. One is "mii", 
>> which is duplicate with "mac" MII/GMII kstat of Nemo. Another is 
>> "parameters", which is kstat copy of  ndd.
>>
>> Now we are clearing duplicate entries of bge and hope to remove those 
>> duplicate parts. If your admin scripts use things like "kstat 
>> bge:0:mii" or "kstat bge:0:parameters", you might run into 
>> compatibility problems after the clearing. The right way to retrive 
>> above infor should be something like "kstat bge:0:mac" and "ndd 
>> /dev/bge0 xxx" instead.
>>
>> I wonder if there is any issues with the plan to removing those 
>> duplicate entries. Please advice.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Raymond
>>
>

Yay.  Removing the duplicates will be a good thing.  I have already got 
the equivalent change sitting in a workspace for rge, btw.


    -- Garrett

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