On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 18:22, Jeff Garzik wrote:
Martin Schlemmer wrote:
Is there any proper way to detect a carrier signal with network
interfaces ? I have recently come across a problem where we tried
to do with with checking for 'RUNNING', which do not work for all
drivers, as well as mii-tool that fails in some cases.
What kernel version?
In 2.6 you have linkwatch. In 2.4 and 2.6, you have ETHTOOL_GLINK, and mii-tool.
Anything more shell accessible (sysfs/proc) ?