Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Oct 2001 02:10:59 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: (WAN) network device status |
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Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > I remember a discussion about net_dev->flags and carrier loss etc > detection. Did the things change? I mean, do we currently have a way > for network device driver to report (to the rest of kernel, to the > userland) that the link is down? It would include DCD (carrier) loss, > Ethernet link down, IrDA/USB disconnects etc.
We have netif_carrier_{on,off}, and longer term netlink should proactively deliver link up/down messages.
Jeff
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