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Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plu

To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out
From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 28 Aug 2003 15:49:21 -0700
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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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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