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Subject: Carrier detection for network interfaces
From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org>
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Hi

Is there any proper way to detect a carrier signal with network
interfaces ?  I have recently come across a problem where we tried
to do with with checking for 'RUNNING', which do not work for all
drivers, as well as mii-tool that fails in some cases.


Thanks,

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Martin Schlemmer