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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:04:59 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/5] ixgbe: fix link down initial state From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:44:27 -0700 > All the intel wired ethernet drivers were calling netif_carrier_off > and netif_stop_queue (or variants) before calling register_netdevice > > This is incorrect behavior as was pointed out by davem, and causes > ifconfig and friends to report a strange state before first link > after the driver was loaded, since without a netif_carrier_off, the stack > assumes carrier_on, but before register_netdev, netlink messages are not > sent out telling link state. All 5 patches applied, thanks! FWIW, this is definitely a case where I would have found it just as appropriate to post one single patch for this. But that's just me :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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