Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 May 2006 23:29:53 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: /sys/class/net/eth?/carrier and uevents |
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On 29/05/06, João Luis Meloni Assirati <assirati@nonada.if.usp.br> wrote: > > Hello, > Hi,
> I would like to have my network interfaces configured when plugged on the > network cable. I know there are some daemons that do this for me (laptop-net, > ifplugd, whereami), but it would be nice if a simple udev rule take care of > this to me. However, as I can see with kernel 2.6.16 and udevmonitor (udev > version 0.091), nonetheless /sys/class/net/eth?/carrier changes when I plug > the network cable, no uevent is generated. Could this be changed so udev get > triggered when network cables get plugged? As I am no kernel developper, this > is only a suggestion, hoping that it would be a simple and pertinent job for > those ho know the subject. >
I added the 'carrier' attribute initially but never considered udev at the time. But I can certainly see how it could be useful. I'll take a look at adding a hotplug event when I get some spare time (probably some time next week) - or perhaps someone else will beat me to it :)
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