Re: e1000/ICH8LAN weirdness - no ethtool link until initially forcedup

[Auke Kok]

Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 07:51:22AM -0800, Auke Kok wrote:
> > Your application should really `ifconfig up` the device before checking for 
> > link.
>
> And for those of us with laptops, application authors should do an
> "ifconfig down" the device if it doesn't find a link.  Right now
> thanks to such applications on my desktop, I boot with e1000
> blacklisted so I can run in low-power mode when on a laptop.
>
> BTW, it would be nice if the e1000 driver could be more safely
> unloaded when it is built as a module.

I'm not aware of unload issues, what is the problem that you have?

Auke
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/