From: Telford002@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:38:00 EDT
Subject: Re: (WAN) network device status
To: khc@pm.waw.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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In a message dated 10/23/01 1:59:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, khc@pm.waw.pl 
writes:

> I remember a discussion about net_dev->flags and carrier loss etc
>  detection. Did the things change? I mean, do we currently have a way
>  for network device driver to report (to the rest of kernel, to the
>  userland) that the link is down? It would include DCD (carrier) loss,
>  Ethernet link down, IrDA/USB disconnects etc.
>  
>  I think the kernel should deactivate respective routing table entries
>  as well when a link goes down.

Not if the link can be redialed or reconnected implicitly or on-demand
in some way.

Joachim Martillo
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