Re: bin/55010: dhcpcd(8) fails to detect carrier change on tlp(4) 21041

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/55010; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/55010: dhcpcd(8) fails to detect carrier change on tlp(4)
 21041
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 12:24:04 -0800

 > On Feb 23, 2020, at 11:35 PM, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost> =
 wrote:
 >=20
 > On tlp(4) on DECchip 21041 on Cobalt Qube 2700, dhcpcd(8) cannot
 > detect carrier change of the interface.
 >=20
 > Restarting dhcpcd(8), or executing "ifconfig tlp0 up"
 > before starting dhcpcd(8) works as expected.
 
 Perhaps on non-MII interfaces, we should mark them as "not capable of =
 updating link"?  There is a flag for that in the extended flags, I =
 think.  Not sure if it would help, but might be worth a shot.
 
 -- thorpej