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Message-ID: <20150416231619.GA8267@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:16:19 +0200
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: richard_hubbe11@...abit.com
Subject: Re: [net:r8169] kernel 4.0.0 double "link down" on boot
rh_ <richard_hubbe11@...abit.com> :
> I see these double "link down" now in 4.0
>
> [ 19.927880] r8169 0000:03:00.2 eth0: link down
> [ 19.927902] r8169 0000:03:00.2 eth0: link down
> [ 22.328888] r8169 0000:03:00.2 eth0: link up
>
> Everything seems to be working fine. Is this an indicator of a problem?
No.
> Safe to ignore?
Mostly.
> If so why?
The driver is notified of a link event. It schedules a link check.
The link may be back to its original state before the driver notices
the change.
As long as you don't experience high frequency link events for an
extended duration, you should not care.
[...]
> Does it make sense to check 3.19 ?
No.
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Ueimor
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