Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 12:58:39PM +0100, Roman Maeder wrote: >> init.d/network greps for "ONBOOT=no" and if it finds it, skips the >> interface. My new version no longer contains this substring, so it seems >> to work, but I wonder whether there isn't a more standard solution. > > If I remember right, there used to be some trickery in the init scripts to > do just this, but it turns out to not be reliable with all network cards / > drivers, causing worse problems than it solves. > and I wrote: > is there an official way to check for the presence of an ethernet cable > for an interface? ... after posting my question I stumbled on the check_link_down() function in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions. It is used only when configuring wireless interfaces, but tries to use mii-tool and ethtool to check whether a link is up. I guess it makes sense to not use it and always configure wired interface on a server, but on a laptop the network cable can be unplugged in purpose and I'd like it to react accordingly. I don't like hacking on the scripts in network-scripts/, and there seem to be some hooks provided for extensions. Roman
