linux-kernel - Re: Network drivers that don't suspend on interface down

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Date:	Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:57:05 -0500
From:	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Network drivers that don't suspend on interface down

On Wednesday 20 December 2006 20:15, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Because it works on the common hardware? If there's documentation about
> what userspace can legitimately expect, then I'm happy to defer to that.
> But in the absence of any indication as to what functionality users can
> depend on, deciding that existing functionality is a bug is, well,
> impolite.
>
No, it's absolutely a bug. It just so happens that some drivers incorrectly 
allowed it.

-Michael Wu

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