netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6] cdc_ether: Partially revert "usbnet: Set link down initially ..."

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:37:33 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ben@...adent.org.uk
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, avi.rozen@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] cdc_ether: Partially revert "usbnet: Set link
 down initially ..."

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:18:44 +0000

> Commit 37e8273cd30592d3a82bcb70cbb1bdc4eaeb6b71 ("usbnet: Set link down
> initially for drivers that update link state") changed the initial link
> state in cdc_ether and other drivers based on the understanding that the
> devices they support generate link change interrupts.  However, this is
> optional in the CDC Ethernet protocol, and two users have reported in
> <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14791> that the link state
> for their devices remains down.  Therefore, revert the change in
> cdc_ether.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> Tested-by: Avi Rozen <avi.rozen@...il.com>

Applied, thanks a lot Ben.
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