From: Daniel Lezcano If the netif_carrier_off is called before register_netdev that will use and generate an event for a non initialized network device and that leads to a Oops. I moved the netif_carrier_off from the setup function after each register_netdev call. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano --- drivers/net/veth.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: net-2.6.24/drivers/net/veth.c =================================================================== --- net-2.6.24.orig/drivers/net/veth.c +++ net-2.6.24/drivers/net/veth.c @@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static void veth_setup(struct net_device dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX; dev->init = veth_dev_init; dev->destructor = veth_dev_free; - netif_carrier_off(dev); } /* @@ -357,6 +356,8 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net_devic if (err < 0) goto err_register_peer; + netif_carrier_off(peer); + /* * register dev last * @@ -382,6 +383,8 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net_devic if (err < 0) goto err_register_dev; + netif_carrier_off(dev); + /* * tie the deviced together */ -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html