Re: NM fails to properly detect the link on a Pegasus USB to Ethernet adaptor

[Paul Ionescu <i_p_a_u_l yahoo com>]

-- Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Paul Ionescu wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a Pegasus USB to Ethernet adapter, and while it works fine, NM does
> > not properly detect the link on this adapter.
> > mii-tool returns :
> > SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth2' failed: Operation not supported
> > 
> > but
> > 
> > I suspect the pegasus USB driver, but I don't know for sure what is broken ?
> > Where should I fill this bug ?
> 
> Look at the "carrier" file in sysfs, something like /sys/class/net/eth1/carrier.  
> If that file says "0", then you have no link.  If that file says "1", then you 
> have a link.  NM reads netlink status messages, which also set the "carrier" 
> file.  So if the carrier file works, but NM doesn't then it's NM's problem.  If 
> carrier doesn't update, then its the driver/kernel.
> 
> Dan


Thanks Dan,

Problem solved, the carrier file says "1" all the time.
I'll report this on USB list.

Regards,
Paul




		
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