Module Name: src
Committed By: roy
Date: Wed Sep 25 14:55:31 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/sbin/ifconfig: ifconfig.8
Log Message:
ifconfig.8: -s only looks at interface link state
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.130 -r1.131 src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
diff -u src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8:1.130 src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8:1.131
--- src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8:1.130 Tue Aug 20 08:18:24 2024
+++ src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Wed Sep 25 14:55:31 2024
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.130 2024/08/20 08:18:24 ozaki-r Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.131 2024/09/25 14:55:31 roy Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)ifconfig.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
.\"
-.Dd August 20, 2024
+.Dd September 25, 2024
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -796,24 +796,13 @@ If the
.Fl s
flag is passed before an interface name,
.Nm
-will attempt to query the interface for its media status.
-If the
-interface supports reporting media status, and it reports that it does
-not appear to be connected to a network,
+will query the interface for its link state.
+If the link state is reported to be down,
.Nm
will exit with status of 1
.Pq false ;
-otherwise, it will exit with a zero
-.Pq true
-exit status.
-For interface drivers that do not support media status reporting.
-then if the link state is not reported to be up,
-.Nm
-will exit with a status of 1
-.Pq false ;
-otherwise, it will exit with a zero
-.Pq true
-exit status.
+otherwise, it will exit with a status of 0
+.Pq true .
.Pp
If the
.Fl m
