Miroslaw Mieszczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > There is a patch to driver of RLT8169 network card. This match make > possible detection of the link status even if network interface is down. > This is usefull for laptop users.
(side note: there is maintainer entry for the r8169 and network related patches are welcome on netdev@vger.kernel.org) Can you elaborate why it is usefull for laptop users ? I am sceptical: tg3/bn2x/skge do not seem to allow it either. Jeff, is it a requirement ? -- Ueimor - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
