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SubjectRe: Carrier detection for network interfaces
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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