Hello!
> Ideally, network drivers would report changes in link status in a manner
> that would allow a user-space daemon to respond to them (without having to
> repeatedly poll the device).
No problems. Provided device satisfies some minor requirements.
Namely, does not change its status from IRQ.
> This would be particularly useful in mobile devices (laptops, palmtops,
> etc) that may frequently boot up without any network, or may frequently be
> plugged into different networks. A user-space daemon that responds to
> link changes would mean:
For now some devices (exaclty of this class) forget to report not only
link status, but even their presense in machine. So that the intention
is a bit far from life. 8)8)
Alexey
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