Re: Bonded NIC's did not come up at boot?
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:09:53 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Camaleón put forth on 11/24/2010 1:21 AM:
(...)
>> No need to be "picky", everything can be improved. Error management and
>> user interaction are also an important part of programming design and
>> development.
>
> I think you're assuming that since mii-tool doesn't bomb out when
> specifying a virtual NIC, but actually shows some data on link speed and
> duplex, that it _should_ give an error for those instead. If it bombed
> out instead, what would you be saying? You'd be saying what I have:
> It's not designed to work with virtual NICs.
>
> Write the developers and ask them to make the next version bomb with
> virtual NICs, which is what it should do.
Why bombing?
A warning message is far more elegant and useful since makes the user to
question himself if he is using the right tool for the job.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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