At 07:10 PM 1/22/98 , Sean Witham wrote:
>
>IS this a bug or feature ??

Yes

>If I re-patch a 100TX de0 connection NetBSD 1.2 corectly reports that
>the link is down and suggests a connection problem. However after the
>link is re-patched the de0 device until I ifconfig de0 up the device.

It should have sensed the link being reattached.  What card are you
using?  (dmesg output would be nice too).

>This may be a feature and not a bug but if it is a feature
>why does ifconfig -a report that the de0 is UP and not DOWN even
>before I have issued the ifconfig de0 up ?

The link state (link up or down) is independent of the operational state
(what ifconfig reports).
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