netdev - Re: vlan: update vlan carrier state for admin up/down

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Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:48:50 -0700
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	fubar@...ibm.com, kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: vlan: update vlan carrier state for admin up/down

David Miller wrote:
> From: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:55:58 -0700
> 
>> I'm reluctant to mess with this behavior without knowing why it
>> works this way; there may be a good reason for it that I'm not aware
>> of.
> 
> To be honest I think it's just that this is one huge dark
> corner of behavior for many virtual devices, rather than
> any of it being intentional.

For what it's worth, I've been using a patch that disables the
behaviour in vlan that brings up/down the interface based on
the underlying device for several years w/out noticeable problems.

However, I may just be getting lucky.

Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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