>> [...UTP vs AUI...]
> The driver is supposed to select the right media at boot time.  On
> the other hand, I don't think that it is right to dynamically change
> media just because link was lost in the middle of the day.

Why not?  I think it'd be Really Cool (tm) to be able to yank off one
medium and plug the other one in and have it cut over automagically.
Perhaps loss of carrier should provoke periodic switching between
media, say at 1Hz or something, until one or the other comes (back) to
life.

> Even SunOS and Solaris don't do that.

Which everyone knows is a good reason to not do it.  *deadpan look*

					der Mouse

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