Re: [PATCH] support for Cobalt Networks (x86 only) systems (forrealthis

[David S. Miller]

Jeff Garzik writes:
 > For your HA application specifically, right now, I would suggest making
 > sure your net driver calls netif_carrier_xxx correctly, then checking
 > for IFF_RUNNING interface flag.  IFF_RUNNING will disappear if the
 > interface is up, but there is no carrier [as according to
 > netif_carrier_ok].

Don't such HA apps need to run as root anyways?

Regardless, I agree that, long term, the way to do this is via netlink.

Later,
David S. Miller
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