hi,
just to make sure,
what i actually need is the link state change detection.
When the link is up or when the link goes down, would it be detected and
triggered an interrupt?
thanx and regards.
Nelson
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On Mon, 29 May 2000, Donald Becker wrote:
> 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]
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