[PATCH] fix fd.o bug #6233 and remove net.interface_up from HAL

Danny Kukawka danny.kukawka at web.de
Wed May 17 15:10:54 PDT 2006


On Wednesday 17 May 2006 23:47, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 23:30 +0200, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> > since the most of the network interface information are moved from HAL to
> > NetworkManager the property net.interface_up is no longer updated.
> > Regarding to fd.o bug #6233 IMO we should better remove the key.
>
> FreeBSD has a built-in mechanism to update net.interface_up in realtime,
> so this property is still valid there.  NetworkManager has also not bee
> ported since it requires Wireless Tools.  Though a FreeBSD port is on my
> TODO list.

Okay, then we should change net.interface_up in the SPEC to _not_ mandatory 
and remove the property from the linux code.

Danny


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