> I can have a look at using dormant, but what is change_carrier > supposed to do if not this?
It is intended for interfaces which are stacked, like the team driver,
and for devices which don't have a phy, e.g. tun, and dummy.
> I didn't find a tool for DORMANT, I guess i will have to write one
> myself(using SIOCGIFFLAGS, SIOCSIFFLAGS)?
ip link should be able to set it.
Try ip link set mode dormant dev eth0
Andrew
