netdev - Re: IFF_RUNNING without carrier after reboot

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Message-Id: <20081214.222951.190945313.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:29:51 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	marcel@...tmann.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IFF_RUNNING without carrier after reboot

From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:28:33 +0100

> I have a really strange issue with the 2.6.28 kernel. So when I boot
> that kernel and then call "ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig" it shows eth0
> with the flag RUNNING enabled. Even if no cable is plugged into that
> device.

The RUNNING state has no connection to link presence.

It just means that the device has been brought up by a
user configuration command like the ifconfig you ran.

It really means nothing else.
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