On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 09:00 -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
> linuxer linuxer wrote:
> > Hi, everyone:
> > I am a newbie, if my question waste your time, I
> > am sorry for that.
> >
> > In clnt.c file ,call_timeout function:
> > I suggest the code that judge whether the network
> > link status is down should be added, won't they?
> > I tested it with one Ethernet netcard.
> >
> >
>
> This would not be a good idea. What happens if the name of the
> interface used on the system is not "eth0"?
>
> Also, IP packets can be routed out of any available interface,
> so just because one interface (eth0) is down, doesn't mean
> that the entire system is networkless.
Right. Besides, it is also an obvious layering violation. Idea NAKed.
Trond
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
