From: Telford002@aol.com
To: khc@pm.waw.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (WAN) network device status
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:38:00 EDT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <163.2c1a396.2906f6e8@aol.com> (raw)
In a message dated 10/23/01 1:59:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, khc@pm.waw.pl
writes:
> I remember a discussion about net_dev->flags and carrier loss etc
> detection. Did the things change? I mean, do we currently have a way
> for network device driver to report (to the rest of kernel, to the
> userland) that the link is down? It would include DCD (carrier) loss,
> Ethernet link down, IrDA/USB disconnects etc.
>
> I think the kernel should deactivate respective routing table entries
> as well when a link goes down.
Not if the link can be redialed or reconnected implicitly or on-demand
in some way.
Joachim Martillo
next reply other threads:[~2001-10-23 16:38 UTC|newest]
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2001-10-23 16:38 Telford002 [this message]
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2001-10-22 14:06 (WAN) network device status Krzysztof Halasa
2001-10-23 6:10 ` Jeff Garzik
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