netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: Call netif_carrier

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:22:46 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, aabdulla@...dia.com,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: Call netif_carrier_off at the end of the probe

Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com> :
> Without calling of netif_carrier_off at the end of the probe the operstate
> is unknown when the device is initially opened. By default the carrier is
> on so when the device is opened and netif_carrier_on is called the link
> watch event is not fired and operstate remains zero (unknown).

Stated this way it sounds like a core dev layer issue.

I am not completely sure after reading some history. Namely:
- (37e8273cd30592d3a82bcb70cbb1bdc4eaeb6b71 ?)
- c276e098d3ee33059b4a1c747354226cec58487c 
- 22604c866889c4b2e12b73cbf1683bda1b72a313
- b47300168e770b60ab96c8924854c3b0eb4260eb

I am confused.

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Ueimor
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