Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:40:57 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Carrier detection for network interfaces |
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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.
Jeff
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