Re: Patch for link detection for R8169

[Francois Romieu]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> :
[...]

Ok, thanks for the hint.

Currently one can do 'ifconfig ethX up', check the link status, then try
to DHCP or whatever. Apparently a few drivers do not support tne detection
of link as presented above. So is it anything like a vendor requirement/a
standard (or should it be the new right way (TM)) or does the userspace
needs fixing wrt its expectation ?

The lack of irq means that netif_carrier_on/off can not be reliable until
the device is up. It is a bit worrying.

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Ueimor
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