Look at the code for mii-tool which comes with net-tools. It would work as long as the network device driver in question supports reading MII registers using ioctl. Most tend to do this. Amit Jonathan Khoo wrote: > Hi guys, > > How can I probe all the link status of all network devices from the > userland? > I know that there is a netif_carrier_ok(..) for the kernel, but how can > I make use of this from the userland without creating an extra kernel > module to accept ioctl from the userspace? > > Many thanks for any advices! > > Cheers, > Jon. > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies > Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ > > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
