On Mon, 29 May 2000, Nelson wrote:
> just a short qn. does the 2.3.99-pre9 kernel maintains the link state of
> each nic? if so, where are the function calls that keeps track of
> this? kindly give me some pointers.
No. This is sometimes time consuming or impossible information to retrieve.
See 'mii-diag' for a program that retrieves it, only on demand, for most
modern card types with twisted paird and fiber transceivers.
http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Annapolis MD 21403
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