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Hi,

I wondered why my automatic network detection with whereami doesn't
work anymore. Now I found it:

rene@frodo:~$ sudo mii-tool eth0
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported

rene@frodo:~$ sudo strace mii-tool eth0
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0x40147460,
limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
munmap(0x40001000, 52493)               = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3
ioctl(3, 0x89f0, 0x804a3e0)             = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not
supported)
write(2, "SIOCGMIIPHY on \'eth0\' failed: Op"..., 54SIOCGMIIPHY on
'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
) = 54
close(3)                                = 0
exit_group(1)                           = ?

rene@frodo:~$ sudo ltrace mii-tool eth0
getopt_long(2, 0xbffff8a4, "A:F:p:lrRvVw?", 0x0804a0e0, NULL) = -1
socket(2, 2, 0)                                  = 3
strncpy(0x0804a3e0, "eth0", 16)                  = 0x0804a3e0
ioctl(3, 35312, 0x0804a3e0)                      = -1
__errno_location()                               = 0x40147440
strerror(95)                                     = "Operation not
supported"
fprintf(0x4013ce60, "SIOCGMIIPHY on '%s' failed: %s\n", "eth0",
"Operation not supported"SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not
supported
) = 54
close(3)                                         = 0
+++ exited (status 1) +++

So testmii in whereami fails to detect that eth0 is plugged in and has
a link...

CONFIG_MII=y -- config is attached; the system is up to date Debian
unstable with glibc 2.3.2 (TLS and NPTL).
If you need more info, ask.

Grüße/Regards,

René