cvs commit: src/sys/dev/em if_em.c

[Robert Watson]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
> > In message <Pine.BSF.4.53.0411031818150.1747 at e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net>, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" writes:
> >
> > >I think it's overkill to enable all verbose msgs just to see link state
> > >messages in my logs again when someone fiddles at the cabling in the
> > >colo hotel where he shouldn't - or did I mis-read the commit message ?
> >
> > Link states are visible with ifconfig(8).
> 
> of course they are but who will notify me or write them to my logs so I
> have timestamps ? Do I need to write a small daemon to regularly and
> fast enough poll for link state changes now ? 

If the information provided by "route monitor" isn't sufficiently useful
and detailed (i.e., easily parsable) we should make it more useful, I
think.

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert at fledge.watson.org      Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research