netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 0/9] atm: propagate atm_dev signal carrier to LOWER

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Message-Id: <20100709.001024.52175570.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:10:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	karl@...amoto.org
Cc:	linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	chas@....nrl.navy.mil
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/9] atm: propagate atm_dev signal carrier to
 LOWER_UP of netdevice

From: Karl Hiramoto <karl@...amoto.org>
Date: Fri,  9 Jul 2010 08:55:29 +0200

> Use atm_dev notifier chain  instead of callback function pointer in struct vcc.
> In drivers/usb/atm call atm_dev_signal_change().
> 
> In userspace it's helpful to know if a network device has a carrier signal.
> Often it is monitored via netlink.  This patchset allows a way for the
> struct atm_dev drivers to pass carrier on/off to the netdevice.
> 
> For DSL, carrier is on when the line has reached showtime state.
> 
> Currently this patchset only propagates the changes to br2684 vccs,
> as this is the only type of hardware I have to test.
> 
> If you prefer git you can pull from:
> git://github.com/karlhiramoto/linux-2.6.git atm-v5

All applied, thanks Karl.
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