netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: set carrier off in probe

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Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:11:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	bphilips@...e.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: set carrier off in probe

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:34:52 -0700

> Why not fix the problem in a generic way?

Drivers still need to make sure carrier is off when their
->open() routine runs, so that the transition event from
link down to link up occurs properly when the device is brought
up.

So mucking around with this carrier test will only hide the
bugs, not make things easier.
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