On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 22:06, James Ronald <james.ronald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm trying to determine if udev can be used to manage the insertion > and removal an active network connection rather than using ifplugd or > such. > > The board is currently running Linux 3.1 and I have verified Linux > config options per the udev README file. > > "udevadm monitor" shows no uevents when the cable is inserted and > removed. Is there sometime that needs to be enabled? Udev does not and probably never will monitor the netif link state. You need a service running that talks netlink to the kernel's network stack, udev can not really help here. Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
