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Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugge: msg#00924

Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 15:45, J.A. Magallon wrote:

> That would be very nice, but there is still a problem.
> Does netlink solve the fact that there are cards (at least in 2.4)
> that do not support any detection method:

netlink doesn't work through the ioctl interface at all.  If a card is
capable of reporting that its flags include IFF_UP or IFF_RUNNING via
the netlink interface, then netplug will work.

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