Bug#248061: some link detection code all ready there
Where this bug was opened two and half year ago,
there was yet only tagging information in this bugreport.
netcfg has allready program code to detect
if a network interface is live.
A month ago I did an install on a computer with two NICs
where only one was connected to a switch.
I was surprised that I still was asked to choose which NIC to use.
In the syslog came these entries (timestamp removed):
| main-menu[867]: INFO: Menu item 'netcfg' selected
| kernel: eth0: link down
| netcfg[2298]: INFO: eth0 is disconnected. (MII)
| netcfg[2298]: INFO: eth0 is not a wireless interface. Continuing.
| netcfg[2298]: WARNING **: couldn't determine MII ioctl to use for eth1
| netcfg[2298]: INFO: eth1 is not a wireless interface. Continuing.
After some research, I found out that my eth1 indeed had no MII ioctl
support. So the installer was right to ask for choosing a NIC.
People with multiple NICs, that do have MII ioctl support,
in their installed system and see that the live interface is detected,
please be carefull with closing this bugreport, because it is merged
with other bugreports.
Confirming that "link detection" works is appreciated.
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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