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Date:      Wed, 03 Nov 2004 20:02:54 +0100
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/em if_em.c 
Message-ID:  <24243.1099508574@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:57:23 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.53.0411031845440.1747@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.53.0411031845440.1747@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net>, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" writes:
>On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>> In message <Pine.BSF.4.53.0411031818150.1747@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net>, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" writes:
>>
>> >I think it's overkill to enable all verbose msgs just to see link state
>> >messages in my logs again when someone fiddles at the cabling in the
>> >colo hotel where he shouldn't - or did I mis-read the commit message ?
>>
>> Link states are visible with ifconfig(8).
>
>of course they are but who will notify me or write them to my logs so
>I have timestamps ? Do I need to write a small daemon to regularly
>and fast enough poll for link state changes now ?

I'm not against logging link states, but if we do it, we should not arbitrarily
limit it to when the link is gigE.

In general I would say it is a job for SNMP.

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