Bug 137702

Summary:	[PATCH] via velocity link detection
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Roy Marples (RETIRED) <uberlord>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Daniel Drake (RETIRED) <dsd>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
URL:	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6711
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	raises events on link status change

Description Roy Marples (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-23 03:06:39 UTC

via velocity kernel module does not raise events when link status changes. Also, it is incorrectly set to "up" when there is no cable in when the module first loads.

I've submitted a patch referrenced above to the kernel bugzilla which has been accepted into the netdev kernel.

Comment 1 Roy Marples (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-23 03:08:55 UTC

Created attachment 89889 [details, diff]
raises events on link status change

Please include this patch in gentoo-sources :)

Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-02 01:51:04 UTC

Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r1 / genpatches-2.6.17-1