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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] r8169 unable to apply firmware patch
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:30:29
Message-Id: CAC=wYCFhXuptu=h=K9CQbqpqX+1jBmwq=R+UNENv4VX1aymaKQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] r8169 unable to apply firmware patch by Michael Mol
1 IIRC
2 'ifconfig -a' will show interfaces that are physically present, and
3 the driver available.
4 'ifconfig' will only show those interfaces that are also activated or
5 "up", which means configured up - nothing to do with link.
6
7 I'm not sure what RUNNING means... perhaps that indicates link (for
8 ethernet at least)?

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