netplug [was Re: Automatically bringing ethernet interfaces up when the cableis connected]

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 10:38, David Zeuthen wrote:

> This is actually, in part, what I'm trying to achieve with freedesktop
> HAL. As you can see on this screenshot
> 
>  http://freedesktop.org/~david/hal-link-detection.png
> 
> a number of devices is showed, including network devices with ethernet
> link detection.

What happens in the case where a wired card is plugged in without having
a wire attached, or a wireless card with no nearby networks, and an
event subsequently happens?  This isn't something that hotplug helps
with.

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