On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Asim <linkasim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I wish to find out exactly when my network card come up. I'm using the > e1000 driver/intel card and find that the driver is instantiated after > 2-3 seconds after it is located. The dmesg then shows the following > message: > > e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex > > Is there anyway to figure out when this condition is true? I used > netif_carrier_ok() and netif_running(). Both return true but the link > is not up and the packet i send does not get sent. Any ideas on any > function I can loop to check if the link is actually up? I just forward the answer from my friend Breno leitao. He thinks it's a bit in netdev->state, but he also remind me it's kinda tightly depend on hardware spec, so check the manual. One of the code snippet he showed to me: test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state) I hope that means something to you. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
