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@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ system handling, but ultimately they will call the driver-specific register
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function which in turn takes care of initializing that particular instance.
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Keep in mind that you should code the driver to avoid storing state in global
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-data as someone might want to hook up two of the same devices to one board. If
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-the state is maintained as global data, it makes using both of those devices
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-impossible.
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+data as someone might want to hook up two of the same devices to one board.
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+Any such information that is specific to an interface should be stored in a
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+private, driver-defined data structure and pointed to by eth->priv (see below).
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So the call graph at this stage would look something like:
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board_init()
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@@ -77,15 +77,20 @@ int ape_register(bd_t *bis, int iobase)
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miiphy_register(dev->name, ape_mii_read, ape_mii_write);
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#endif
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- return 0;
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+ return 1;
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}
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The exact arguments needed to initialize your device are up to you. If you
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need to pass more/less arguments, that's fine. You should also add the
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-prototype for your new register function to include/netdev.h. You might notice
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-that many drivers seem to use xxx_initialize() rather than xxx_register().
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-This is the old naming convention and should be avoided as it causes confusion
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-with the driver-specific init function.
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+prototype for your new register function to include/netdev.h.
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+
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+The return value for this function should be as follows:
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+< 0 - failure (hardware failure, not probe failure)
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+>=0 - number of interfaces detected
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+You might notice that many drivers seem to use xxx_initialize() rather than
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+xxx_register(). This is the old naming convention and should be avoided as it
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+causes confusion with the driver-specific init function.
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Other than locating the MAC address in dedicated hardware storage, you should
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not touch the hardware in anyway. That step is handled in the driver-specific
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