From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Friesen Subject: how to report network device errors to userspace? Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:39:53 -0400 Sender: owner-netdev@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3D10CFF9.B4072FEA@nortelnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org I'm curious about the proper way for a network device driver to report faults to userspace. The network devices don't seem to have /dev entries as a rule, so that makes it difficult to use select/poll to alert a user app. I haven't been able to find a standard interface for this--does nobody care about this kind of thing? -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com