On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:14:33AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > apologies for the constant pleas for assistance, but i think i'm > zeroing in on the problem that started all this. recap: custom > FPGA-based linux box with multiple ports, where the current symptom is > that there is no userspace notification when someone simply unplugs > one of the ports ("ifconfig" shows that interface still RUNNING).
What are you using for a PHY? Are you using phylib or phylink? I strongly suggest you do, and then you don't need to care about any of this. Andrew