Ethernet link status on i82576

Fri Jul 22 16:32:05 UTC 2011

Correct, until you up the interface there are no interrupts enabled so you
don't detect link change.

Not a bug, linux is a different kettle of fish...

Jack

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Ryan Stone <rysto32 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I notice that the interface not up in your test.  If you ifconfig it
> up does it detect that it has lost link?  The driver isn't really
> running anymore when you bring the link down -- interrupts are
> disabled, for example, so it will never get a link down interrupt.
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