jamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> How is this different, conceptually, from any other flag setting being
> lost - for example a promisc or admin up/down?

How do you lose promisc or admin up/down flag setting? Do you mean
userspace listening? It has to poll then.

> In other words if you want to reliably transmit state, shouldnt the
> "responsible system" have to worry about the reliability?

Do you mean the hardware driver?
Care to show some code?
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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