Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: Detecting link up | Date | Wed, 18 May 2005 17:00:08 +0200 |
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Am Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2005 16:37 schrieb Max Kellermann: > A thought on a related topic: > > When a NIC driver knows that there is no link, why does it even try to > transmit a packet? It could return immediately with an error code, > without applications having to wait for a timeout.
That would be a duplication of work. If the driver provides link detection the network core could check for it.
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