Try ifplugd. It's a linux daemon that can detect link status and call
a user script (example: /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action) whenever the link
status changes.

-Ronald

2008/4/18 António Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi all,
>
> How can I check the ETH link status on the EVMDM355??
>
> If we unplug the cable we see a message specifying "link down", and another
> message "link up" when the cable is plugged again, but i can't find where
> this is made in the kernel. I pretend to use this automatically on my
> application generating an alarm and maintaining an alarm log.
>
> I know that using mii-tool we can check the status of the link, i re-compile
> the kernel, checking all option of mii (under Device Driver->Networking
> Support->PHY device support), I performed make modules and make
> modules_install and the re-compile the kernel.
>
> Nonetheless i still can't use mii-tool because I get the foolowing error
> messages:
>
>        modprobe: FATAL: Could not load
> /lib/modules/2.6.10_mvl401/modules.dep: No such file or directory
>
> Does anybody knows how we can solve this, or another way to check the link
> status.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> A.Silva
>
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