Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:53:15 -0500 From: Julio Capote <jcapote@gmail.com> To: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: differences between bsd ifconfig and linux ifconfig... Message-ID: <ddaa26e905020112533cb7f5ef@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41FFEB27.80300@rfc2549.org> References: <ddaa26e905020111532f794a50@mail.gmail.com> <41FFEB27.80300@rfc2549.org>
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I actually got a response from someone in freebsd-devel, its due to the differences in drivers between bsd's kernel and linux's On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:48:39 +0100, Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> wrote: > Julio Capote wrote: > > >I was wondering if anyone knew architecturally and fundamentally why > >bsd's ifconfig can display active state information regarding the > >physical medium and why linux ifconfig cant? Not to start any trolling > >on which is superior, just curious about the difference. > > > > > > > Well Linux' (or gnu's?) ifconfig simply does not show it. ethtool eth0 > usually shows media state on Linux systems. > Well ethtool is not in the base installation of every Linux distribution > but discussing about what to put into base is > a holy war. (even without bringing *BSD into the discussion) > > Arne >
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