differences between bsd ifconfig and linux ifconfig...

[Julio Capote]

I actually got a response from someone in freebsd-devel, its due to
the differences in drivers between bsd's kernel and linux's


On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:48:39 +0100, Arne Schwabe <arne at rfc2549.org> wrote:
> Julio Capote wrote:
> 
> >I was wondering if anyone knew architecturally and fundamentally why
> >bsd's ifconfig can display active state information regarding the
> >physical medium and why linux ifconfig cant? Not to start any trolling
> >on which is superior, just curious about the difference.
> >
> >
> >
> Well Linux' (or gnu's?) ifconfig simply does not show it. ethtool eth0
> usually shows media state on Linux systems.
> Well ethtool is not in the base installation of every Linux distribution
> but discussing about what to put into base is
> a holy war. (even without bringing *BSD into the discussion)
> 
> Arne
>