Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/4] net: allow to change carrier from userspace

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:12:08 -0800

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:10:17 +0100
Jiri Pirko <[email-masked]> wrote:

> ># ip li show dev dummy0
> >12: dummy0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DORMANT mode DORMANT   
> 
> if you mean this "NO-CARRIER"
> it has no direct relation with netif_carrier_ok().

It is the same value (IFF_RUNNING) that is visible from user space.