https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415034
User kkeil@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415034#c25
--- Comment #25 from Karsten Keil 2008-09-02 06:52:08 MDT ---
No.
/sys/class/net/ethX/flags:0 only give the status up/down of the interface,
you could check this to verify that a ifconfig up was given and executed by the
driver.
Detection of carrier takes time after ifconfig up, some cards/switches are
quick (<2 sec) some need > 10 sec, you cannot do anything against that.
The issue is, that newer HW does power down the PHY interface until they got
enabled with ifconfig up, some other devices do enable the PHY interface with
driver load (I think these are the "quick" ones), but this is not acceptable
as a general solution because of powersave.
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