From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: followup: what's responsible for setting netdev->operstate to IF_OPER_DOWN? Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 15:26:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20180826192445.GD7359@lunn.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Linux kernel netdev mailing list To: Andrew Lunn Return-path: Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:46230 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726625AbeHZXMI (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Aug 2018 19:12:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180826192445.GD7359@lunn.ch> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 26 Aug 2018, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:14:33AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > apologies for the constant pleas for assistance, but i think i'm > > zeroing in on the problem that started all this. recap: custom > > FPGA-based linux box with multiple ports, where the current > > symptom is that there is no userspace notification when someone > > simply unplugs one of the ports ("ifconfig" shows that interface > > still RUNNING). > > What are you using for a PHY? Are you using phylib or phylink? I > strongly suggest you do, and then you don't need to care about any > of this. i'm not sure i'm even allowed to talk about that given the NDA -- i'll just muddle through following the code until i figure out what is failing to notify userspace. le *sigh*. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================