Thanks a lot Mulyadi. -Asim On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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
