netdev - Re: [PATCH] gianfar: Call netif_carrier

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:05:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	festevam@...il.com, claudiu.manoil@...escale.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, fabio.estevam@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gianfar: Call netif_carrier_off() prior to registration

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:04:49 -0700

> 2014-06-03 15:55 GMT-07:00 Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>:
>> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
>>
>> Quoting David Miller:
>> "At the moment you call register_netdev() the device is visible, notifications
>> are sent to userspace, and userland tools can try to bring the interface up
>> and see the incorrect link state, before you do the netif_carrier_off().
>>
>> Said another way, between the register_netdev() and netif_carrier_off() call,
>> userspace can see the device in an inconsistent state."
>>
>> So call netif_carrier_off() prior to register_netdev().
> 
> Potentially all drivers implementing libphy correctly should be fixed
> to start with a carrier off until the phy library has determined
> otherwise.

Are you saying we should hold off on this gianfar patch?
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