Bug 54691 – Add option to look at link state

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Bug 54691 - Add option to look at link state

Summary:	Add option to look at link state

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	pump (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Eido Inoue
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Reported:	2001-10-16 08:35 EDT by Otto J. Makela
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:38 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-02-19 13:03:13 EST
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Description Otto J. Makela 2001-10-16 08:35:35 EDT

Description of enhancement:
Add option to look at the ethernet (or other network media) link state, so
that pump won't just sit there waiting for a bootp/dhcp response from an
unconnected ethernet card. This would make life a lot nicer for those with
machines which are not always connected to a network, like portable
machines.

Comment 1 Eido Inoue 2001-10-29 11:15:46 EST

I don't think there is a way to do this for all cards. A better solution may be
to allow the user to Ctrl-C doing the broadcast/wait for DHCP server response phase.

Comment 2 Otto J. Makela 2001-10-30 03:38:33 EST

I believe a "link" indicator is always available for twisted-pair type network
cabling systems, but not for the (older) coaxial cabling systems or some
"exotic" variants. Of course, making the request sequence interruptable would
not be a bad idea in any case.

In the longer run, I would like to see the network card link state to work a bit
like the PC cards currently work: when the link comes up, the machine's network
state is reconfigured appropriately.  All this should of course be configurable,
so as not to disrupt things for users who do not want this kind of behavior.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2003-02-19 13:03:13 EST

This is handled before pump gets called now

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