netdev - Re: [git patches] net driver fixes

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Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:17:45 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver fixes

Dan Williams wrote:
> WTF?  why would the default be to _not_ propagate carrier state?  Are
> there some mitigating circumstances that require this driver to not
> notify the stack of carrier on/off?  Userspace stuff really should know
> about the carrier state, and this disables it by default.


The commit explains that...

	Jeff


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