ifplugd

[Stefan Seyfried]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:25:10 +0200
Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 25 August 2009 16:25, Piotr Grudzinski wrote:
> > Running busybox ver. 1.15.0
> > 
> > I have expected the ifplugd applet to detect if/when my Ethernet
> > cable is plugged and unplugged. Here is my command line:
> > 
> > # ifplugd -a -n -i eth0 -p -m i &
> > 
> > My action script - /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action - is never called
> > when network cable is plugged or unplugged. But it is executed when
> > is call: ifconfig eth0 up (or down).
> > 
> > What should be the expected behaviour of ifplugd applet?
> 
> -m MODE         API mode (mii, priv, ethtool, wlan, auto)
> 
> Why do you use "-m i"?
> 
> I tried the same command without forcing the method,
> and it worked for me:

Additionally, there is always the possibility of the NIC driver not
implementing the common APIs for link detection correctly...

Just my 2 cents...

Best regards,

	Stefan
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Stefan Seyfried
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