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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:04:24 -0800
From:	"Tarr, Stephen F" <Stephen.Tarr@...ox.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: IPv6 and link state transitions

> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemminger@...tta.com]
> Driver should not use set_bit directly.
> The correct way for a driver that has carrier to work is
> 
> mydrvr_open(struct net_device *dev)
> {
> ...
> 	if (mydrv_phy_isoffline(dev))
>               netif_carrier_off(dev);
> ...
> }
> 
> mydrv_phy_intr(...) {
>     if (mydrv_phy_isoffline(dev))
>           netif_carrier_off(dev);
>     else
>           netif_carrier_on(dev)
> }

I actually tried that first, but that led to an extraneous
up/down transition during initialization and (at least sometimes)
extra packets transmitted after the link came up.
Is there some other way to set the initial link state during
initialization -- before the NETDEV_UP event is sent and
without triggering an extra NETDEV_DOWN?  And should it really
be the specific mac or phy driver or the generic phy code that
sets that state?

-Steve Tarr

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