[plug] dead network

[Bernard]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 05:46:59PM +0800, Christian wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 05:35:40PM +0800, Bernard wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 12:50:11PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > > If ifconfig shows an eth0 interface, then _an_ ethernet NIC module must 
> > > be loaded (or support compiled in) and the kernel must have recognised 
> > > the card. Right?
> > 
> > Almost - if the interface itself is down then it wont be shown by just
> > ifconfig, but an "ifconfig -a" will list it. Without parameters
> > ifconfig lists interfaces that are up.
> 
> Ummm, not almost at all.  Re-read what he wrote.  If ifconfig shows an
> ethernet interface then the kernel must have recognised an ethernet
> card.  Nothing was said about the lack of an ethernet interface
> indicating that the kernel didn't recognise the NIC. 

Re-read what I wrote. Simply typing ifconfig will not show the
interface if it is not activated. Hence if the interface failed to
come up for some reason it won't be seen unless you explicitly pass
the -a parameter. I think we're both arguing for the same point here.

Bernard.

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 Bernard Blackham
 bernard at blackham.com.au