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Hi,

> > polling addition, but that should not make any difference here.
>
> Read the code.
>
> dhclient.c:send_discover() bails out if interface_active() is false BEFORE
> iterating all the possible media settings.

interface_active() doesn't bail out. It returns 1, which means "ok", and all
should be done like bevor.

It only returns "0", if

if (ifmr.ifm_status & IFM_AVALID) is not true.

Martin