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SubjectRe: Patch for link detection for R8169
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> :
> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:42:21 +0200, Francois Romieu said:
>
> > Currently one can do 'ifconfig ethX up', check the link status, then try
> > to DHCP or whatever. Apparently a few drivers do not support tne detection
> > of link as presented above. So is it anything like a vendor requirement/a
> > standard (or should it be the new right way (TM)) or does the userspace
> > needs fixing wrt its expectation ?
>
> The "ifconfig up then check link status" method is probably usable for the
> vast majority of cases. Are there any driver/card combos that *can't* be
> fixed to support that? (A somewhat hidden side effect is that if you're

I meant "as presented above" == "check the link while the network device
is down".

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