Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Carrier detection for network interfaces | From | Martin Schlemmer <> | Date | Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:53:40 +0200 |
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On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 22:40, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 18:22, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > >>Martin Schlemmer wrote: > >> > >>>Is there any proper way to detect a carrier signal with network > >>>interfaces ? I have recently come across a problem where we tried > >>>to do with with checking for 'RUNNING', which do not work for all > >>>drivers, as well as mii-tool that fails in some cases. > >> > >> > >>What kernel version? > >> > >>In 2.6 you have linkwatch. In 2.4 and 2.6, you have ETHTOOL_GLINK, and > >>mii-tool. > >> > > > > > > Anything more shell accessible (sysfs/proc) ? > > > ethtool is shell accessible. >
Yep, thanks. Was just wondering if there was a way that did not depend on additional tools beyond cat, sed, grep, etc.
Thanks,
-- Martin Schlemmer
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