"J.A. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> New try (of course echo's should be killed for real initscripts):
>
> check_link_down ()
> {
> if [ ! -x /sbin/mii-tool ]; then
> return 0
> fi
>
> if [ -z "$(ip link show $1 up)" ]; then
> echo "Link" $1 "is DOWN, rising..."
> ip link set $1 up
> fi
>
> for (( try=0; try<10; try++ ))
> do
> output=`LC_ALL=C mii-tool $LINK $1 2>&1`
> if echo $output | grep -vqs "no link"; then
> echo "Link" $1 "is UP"
> return 1
> fi
> sleep 1
> done
> echo "Failed to raise" $1 "after 10 seconds"
> return 0
> }
>
> $LINK can be assigned in ifcfg-eth0, for example I have LINK="-F 10baseT-FD".
>
> Do not know if this matters for somebody, but the fact is that with default
> latest initscripts I thought my cablemodem was broken until I (sigh) booted
> windows on the laptop.
I have integrated this in the initscripts-6.87-2mdk, could you test ?
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Warly
