From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Breno Leitao Subject: Re: eth0 link off Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:31:17 -0300 Message-ID: <48909755.3070205@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <233373.95650.qm@web50111.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: nitinm76@yahoo.com Return-path: Received: from igw3.br.ibm.com ([32.104.18.26]:34341 "EHLO igw3.br.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751068AbYG3QcG (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:32:06 -0400 Received: from mailhub1.br.ibm.com (unknown [9.18.232.109]) by igw3.br.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 829B23902D0 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:13:11 -0300 (BRST) Received: from d24av01.br.ibm.com (d24av01.br.ibm.com [9.18.232.46]) by mailhub1.br.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v9.0) with ESMTP id m6UGW4Os1782204 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:32:09 -0300 Received: from d24av01.br.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d24av01.br.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m6UGVwtD004308 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:31:58 -0300 In-Reply-To: <233373.95650.qm@web50111.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Nitin Mahajan wrote: > I have configured a Ethernet driver in linux-2.6.24.2 kernel version. > The interface comes up and I can see the 'eth0' interface when i do > 'ifconfig -a'. Is the interface up? Discover using 'ifconfig ethX | grep UP' > However when I try to configure the network interface it always says > 'eth0 link off'. Can some one please point me to the problem and tell > me at what stage this message is coming from? What does "configure" mean in this context ? What is the result of 'ethtool -t ethX' ?