netdev - [PATCH 1/3] skge: don't assert carrier until link is up

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:35:25 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] skge:  don't assert carrier until link is up

Skge device would assert carrier (link up) as soon as network device open
was called, rather than waiting until PHY has detected link.


Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

---
This should go to -stable since reporting bogus link up can break lots of things.


--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c	2012-01-19 09:55:39.231722844 -0800
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c	2012-01-19 15:08:06.929771000 -0800
@@ -2576,6 +2576,7 @@ static int skge_up(struct net_device *de
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize MAC */
+	netif_carrier_off(dev);
 	spin_lock_bh(&hw->phy_lock);
 	if (is_genesis(hw))
 		genesis_mac_init(hw, port);
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