From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>;
<jes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH 2.4.0.9.2: export ethtool interface
> The users of a select()able carrier detect would be desktop UIs and
the
> high-availability guys. The latter is a guess - I don't really know
if
> people who are concerned about failover would find a carrier-lost
> indication useful. TBD.
Routers have a tendency not to announce routes for networks
that are physically down, i miss that in linux. Mr. Becker
suggested using libmii was a no-no-never solution (up to a few
ms lockup of the machine per poll) for this issue. Select as
you suggest seems ideal.
HAND
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