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From: "William M. Brack" <wbrack@×××××××.hk>
To: double@×××××××××.com
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o, gentoo-user@g.o, chadh@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-user] Patch to net-tools to allow mii-tool to activate/deactive interfaces based on media
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:08:28
Message-Id: 1130.68.116.81.225.1040029624.squirrel@delightful.com.hk
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Patch to net-tools to allow mii-tool to activate/deactive interfaces based on media by Pat Double
1 This would be very useful for my installation on an IBM T30.
2 Currently I have change the timeout for dhcp, and modify the
3 net.ethx script to return "success" when timeout occurs. Ugly.
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5 Bill
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9 > The following bug has been submitted (my me)
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11 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7994
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13 > that allows a network interface to be started and stopped based on
14 > the the media status. Basically when you plug in the network
15 > cable, the interface is started, when you disconnect, it is
16 > stopped. This is very nice for laptops with built in NICs and I'm
17 > sure in other cases.
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19 > The developer assigned to this bug has requested email on the
20 > lists for people who would like this functionality before it will
21 > be added to portage. If you would like to see this patch added,
22 > please reply to this message.
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24 > Thanks!
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27 > Pat Double, double@×××××××××.com
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