From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Dharm Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 07:02:11 +0000 Subject: Re: Network hotplug semantics MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu" Message-Id: List-Id: To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Given the nature of 10BaseT (being stateless on the wire), I would say that the interface should be signalled at the presence of hardware, not at the presence of link. Another way to look at this is the following: I can't see if my wire is connected to a switch. I _can_ see that the KLSI unit is attached to my computer. Matt On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 06:03:34PM +1100, Brad Hards wrote: > Situation: USB ethernet adapter (in my case, a KLSI one). >=20 > Should the interface (e.g. ethX) be signalled when the device is plugged > in to the USB port, or when the electrical connection of the 10BaseT > wire is made? What counts as "plugged" in this case? >=20 > Brad >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net > Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel --=20 Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.= net=20 Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver I'm just trying to think of a way to say "up yours" without getting fired. -- Stef User Friendly, 10/8/1998 --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6gkRzz64nssGU+ykRAudTAKC260LyPYBZXD4CQ4GIeTj8i3jwXACdGNq6 Z2IRBd3EvNJil1pix/caxLM= =2cyA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu-- _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel