netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/9] [ETH]: Start net device with carrier down

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Message-Id: <20080924.152533.175678382.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:25:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	tpiepho@...escale.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	afleming@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] [ETH]: Start net device with carrier down

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:32:03 -0700

> This breaks devices that never call netif_carrier_on.
> 
> Standard practice is to call netif_carrier_off after allocation but before
> register_netdev

Or in ->open()
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