From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Detecting link up
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 21:33:02 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <428B7C4E.7030901@tls.msk.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050518134031.53a3243a@phoebee>
Martin Zwickel wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2005 11:35:12 +0100
> Filipe Abrantes <fla@inescporto.pt> bubbled:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I need to detect when an interface (wired ethernet) has link up/down.
>>Is there a system signal which is sent when this happens? What is the
>>best way to this programatically?
>
> mii-tool?
BTW, it might be a good idea to trigger some hotplug event on
interface up/down... or just send a netlink message. instead of
polling the interface. The same applies to removable media too
(CD or ZIP drive).
/mjt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-18 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-18 10:35 Detecting link up Filipe Abrantes
2005-05-18 11:40 ` Martin Zwickel
2005-05-18 13:11 ` Vaibhav Nivargi
2005-05-18 13:57 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-05-18 14:37 ` Max Kellermann
2005-05-18 15:00 ` Oliver Neukum
2005-05-18 15:06 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-05-18 15:11 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-05-18 17:33 ` Michael Tokarev [this message]
2005-05-18 18:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2005-05-18 22:20 ` Baruch Even
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