linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/5] Call netif_carrier_off() after register

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:28:50 +0400
From:	Ilya Shchepetkov <shchepetkov@...ras.ru>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Ilya Shchepetkov <shchepetkov@...ras.ru>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ldv-project@...ras.ru
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] Call netif_carrier_off() after register_netdev()

Hi,

There are several patches on the subject:
	
	31bde1ceaa873bcaecd49e829bfabceacc4c512d
	c55ad8e56b983f03589b38b4504b5d1f41161ff8
	e826eafa65c6f1f7c8db5a237556cebac57ebcc5
	0d672e9f8ac320c6d1ea9103db6df7f99ea20361
	6a3c869a6021f4abcd69aa5fbb15c63f69eb36fe

In 2008, David Miller wrote in his commit:
(b47300168e770b60ab96c8924854c3b0eb4260eb)

>net: Do not fire linkwatch events until the device is registered.

>Several device drivers try to do things like netif_carrier_off()
>before register_netdev() is invoked.  This is bogus, but too many
>drivers do this to fix them all up in one go.

But I don't understand what will happen in this case?

Thanks,
Ilya
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