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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2004-05-10 21:32:00 +0000
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2004-05-10 21:32:00 +0000
commit65c009df1c2b3432cb3686a6a3941965fabcbbfd (patch)
tree1601be05c8a95a26a00e039a7a92996cad34f40f /man
parent3a46885c17ba051ced802e3d35b9ddc6bf10edf6 (diff)
preliminary work for ifplugd 0.25
git-svn-id: file:///home/lennart/svn/public/ifplugd/trunk@110 2bf48fe7-cfc1-0310-909f-d9042e1e0fef
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@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@
<p>The APIs are tried in the following order:</p>
- <p>First the cleanest API: <arg>IFF_RUNNING</arg> (aka ifconfig API)</p>
- <p>Second the newest API: <arg>SIOCETHTOOL</arg> (aka ethtool API)</p>
- <p>Third the next older API: <arg>SIOCGMIIREG</arg> (aka mii-diag API)</p>
+ <p>First the newest API: <arg>SIOCETHTOOL</arg> (aka ethtool API)</p>
+ <p>Second the next older API: <arg>SIOCGMIIREG</arg> (aka mii-diag API)</p>
<p>Than the WLAN API: <arg>wireless extension</arg> (aka iwconfig API)</p>
- <p>Finally the oldest API: <arg>SIOCPRIV</arg> (aka mii-tool API)</p>
+ <p>Followed by the cleanest API: <arg>IFF_RUNNING</arg> (aka ifconfig API)</p>
- <p>It may be used in shell script since it returns the
+ <p>The oldest API (<arg>SIOCPRIV</arg> aka mii-tool API) is not tested since it is obsolete.</p>
+
+ <p>ifplugstatus may be used in shell script since it returns the
current status as return value. It is especially useful to
detect the available APIs on the used network driver. (Option
<opt>-v</opt>)</p>