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Old 01-26-2008
samuncle samuncle is offline
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How to activate a network interface?
What are the steps between "ifconfig eth0 UP" and "net_device->open"?

ifconfig eth0 UP =>

ioctl(skfd, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr) (ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING) =>

????? => what are these steps?

net_device->open

Thanks!
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