Re: Problem with 2.4.24 e1000 and keepalived

[Meelis Roos]

JL> Which is, IMO, a bug, albeit a kind of specification bug, given the 
JL> way the drivers tend to be written. An Ethernet link can be up or 
JL> down independent of the logical up/down state of the interface, and 
JL> with most drivers the link state is hidden as long as the interface 
JL> is logically down.

Well, downing an interface is actually used to power down part/most of
the NIC so you definitely should not expect link state knowledge from a
downed interface.

UP & no addr assigned is the state that you probably want for link state
monitoring etc.

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Meelis Roos (mroos@xxxxxxxx)
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