[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:42:21 +0200, Francois Romieu said: > > > Currently one can do 'ifconfig ethX up', check the link status, then try > > to DHCP or whatever. Apparently a few drivers do not support tne detection > > of link as presented above. So is it anything like a vendor requirement/a > > standard (or should it be the new right way (TM)) or does the userspace > > needs fixing wrt its expectation ? > > The "ifconfig up then check link status" method is probably usable for the > vast majority of cases. Are there any driver/card combos that *can't* be > fixed to support that? (A somewhat hidden side effect is that if you're
I meant "as presented above" == "check the link while the network device is down". -- Ueimor - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
