netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: set carrier off in probe

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Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:50 -0700
From:	Brandon Philips <bphilips@...e.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: set carrier off in probe

On 21:12 Thu 29 Oct 2009, David Miller wrote:
> From: Brandon Philips <bphilips@...e.de>
> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:51:28 -0700
> 
> > The right thing to do is up the interface first before looking at the
> > the Link state, and I told them to do that, but I figured that this
> > patch made sense too to fix the initial buglet.
> 
> It is not valid to expect link status before bringing the interface
> up.

I agree the link state makes no sense when the interface isn't up.
The buglet is that other drivers seem to report "Link detected: no"
after probe while sky2 doesn't.

I don't have a strong feeling on this patch since the customer fixed
their script to do the right thing.

Cheers,

	Brandon
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