Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out | From | Bryan O'Sullivan <> | Date | 28 Aug 2003 15:49:21 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 15:45, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> That would be very nice, but there is still a problem. > Does netlink solve the fact that there are cards (at least in 2.4) > that do not support any detection method:
netlink doesn't work through the ioctl interface at all. If a card is capable of reporting that its flags include IFF_UP or IFF_RUNNING via the netlink interface, then netplug will work.
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