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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: linkwatch: send change uevent on link changes
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 09:14:34 -0800
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 17:00:21 +0100
Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Make it easy for userspace to respond to acquisition/loss of carrier.
> The uevent is picked up by udev and, on systems with systemd, the
> device unit of the interface announces a configuration reload.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>

Makes sense. I am also working on tracepoints for netdev changes.

Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>