From: Arthur van Leeuwen <arthurvl@sci.kun.nl>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] detecting link failure
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:43:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-103769548203870@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-103769435003065@msgid-missing>
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, nitin panjwani wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am running some tests in which I have to bring down
> my interface down as soon as I tear down the cable.
> Cable tearing results only in the link failure(as link
> light went off), but it doens't bring my interface
> down.
>
> Is there a way to bring the interface down as soon as
> my link fails, probably using 'ip link' or 'ip
> monitor'. Does anyone know about it.
Monitor using mii-tool.
> If there is some hardware monitering tool that can
> detect the link failure, probably I can use this to
> write a small program which will bring down the
> interface as soon as I link failure is detected
Well, you *could* theoretically write a kernel module that would monitor
link status and call back to userland... that would result in the
quickest teardown of the link.
Doei, Arthur.
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2002-11-19 8:24 [LARTC] detecting link failure nitin panjwani
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