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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@serpentine.com>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH] export dev->state via sysfs
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:03:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030819220322.5b4911eb.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1061355896.10843.22.camel@camp4.serpentine.com>

On 19 Aug 2003 22:04:56 -0700
"Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@serpentine.com> wrote:

> This trivial patch exports the netdev state field via sysfs.  The
> motivation is to make it possible to check link state from userspace
> without having to go through the netlink interface.

Please use ethtool.

      reply	other threads:[~2003-08-20  5:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-20  5:04 [TRIVIAL PATCH] export dev->state via sysfs Bryan O'Sullivan
2003-08-20  5:03 ` David S. Miller [this message]

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