Sun Microsystems GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter - Manual (Page 75)

Chapter 4 Configuring Driver Parameters 53
Then you had to get the link status:
Starting in the Solaris 9 Operating System, this method of determining the link
status is discouraged, and in some cases, it is removed completely as a driver
feature.
The new improved approach moves all read-only parameters from the ndd options
into kstat . This simplifies getting link status information by allowing you to do it
with one simple command.
● To get the link status of a driver, type the following command:
Where # = instance.
For more information about the kstat command, refer to the kstat man page.
# ndd -get /dev/ce link_status
1
# kstat ce: # | grep link_up
link_up 0