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Subject: Re: /sys/class/net/eth?/carrier and uevents
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> 
> I added the 'carrier' attribute initially but never considered udev at
> the time. But I can certainly see how it could be useful.
> I'll take a look at adding a hotplug event when I get some spare time
> (probably some time next week) - or perhaps someone else will beat me
> to it :)

there is a netlink event already though... is this really worth the
duplication?