Detecting ethernet gadget connections

Vasco Névoa vasco.nevoa at sapo.pt
Thu Mar 5 18:14:19 CET 2009


I opened a ticket on that a while ago...
https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/2178
No progress in 3 months...

Citando Daniel Benoy <daniel at benoy.name>:

> I'm working on a script that will detect which network interfaces  
> are connected and mess with the routing accordingly, but I'm having  
> trouble detecting whether my USB ethernet gadget connection is up or  
> down.
>
> ----
> ethtool when it's up:
> lisa:~# ethtool usb0
> Settings for usb0:
> 	Link detected: yes
>
> ethtool when it's down:
> lisa:~# ethtool usb0
> Settings for usb0:
> 	Link detected: yes
> ----
>
> Unlike on the host side, the usb0 interface doesn't appear and  
> disappear, allowing udev scripts to bring up/down the interface.
>
> Anyone know if there's a way to detect that a network connection has  
> actually been established?
>
> --
> Daniel Benoy
> http://daniel.benoy.name
>
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