Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:19:06 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: /sys: Network device status: link; Hard disks? |
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:16:30 +0200 > From: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org> > To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Subject: /sys: Network device status: link; Hard disks? > > Hello everybody! > Will /sys provide details about link status of network cards > and can I also find out what devices are harddisks? > Like having /sys/block/hda/type, which contains "cd-rom" or > "harddisk" or similar. > Or having something like /sys/class/net/eth0/link with 0/1 setting? > I know some or all information can be retrieved somehow differnt > (like using /proc), but shouldn't those be found in /sys? > Just some question on how we can use /sys useful. > Greetings, > Nico > PS: Please CC, I am not subscribed. >
Hmm, sounds nice to me. I don't know if something like /sys/class/net/eth0/link as you describe it would be accepted, but I've been wanting to play with sysfs for a while and this sounds like a nice and resonably simple little project, I will take a shot at trying to implement that.
-- Jesper Juhl
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