From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263771AbUAHFVN (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 00:21:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263787AbUAHFVN (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 00:21:13 -0500 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:9741 "EHLO willy.net1.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263771AbUAHFUT (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 00:20:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 06:20:00 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Ben Greear Cc: Willy Tarreau , Stephan von Krawczynski , linux-kernel , netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with 2.4.24 e1000 and keepalived Message-ID: <20040108052000.GA8829@alpha.home.local> References: <20040107200556.0d553c40.skraw@ithnet.com> <20040107210255.GA545@alpha.home.local> <3FFCC430.4060804@candelatech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FFCC430.4060804@candelatech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Ben, On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 06:45:04PM -0800, Ben Greear wrote: > You have to bring the interface 'UP' before it will detect link, > with something like: ifconfig eth2 up Don't you mean "after" instead of "before" here ? Because the case where it doesn't work is when everything is set up while the cable is unplugged, but conversely, if the system goes up with the cable plugged, setting the interface UP detects the link as UP and works. I believe that the problem is related to setting the interface UP with nothing plugged into it. Cheers, Willy