| To: | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] support for Cobalt Networks (x86 only) systems (forrealthis |
| From: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 1 Jun 2001 06:19:41 -0700 (PDT) |
| Cc: | Bogdan Costescu <bogdan.costescu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <3B179579.F9C9C721@mandrakesoft.com> |
| References: | <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106011503030.18082-100000@kenzo.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de> <3B179579.F9C9C721@mandrakesoft.com> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Jeff Garzik writes: > For your HA application specifically, right now, I would suggest making > sure your net driver calls netif_carrier_xxx correctly, then checking > for IFF_RUNNING interface flag. IFF_RUNNING will disappear if the > interface is up, but there is no carrier [as according to > netif_carrier_ok]. Don't such HA apps need to run as root anyways? Regardless, I agree that, long term, the way to do this is via netlink. Later, David S. Miller davem@xxxxxxxxxx |
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