netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6] cxgb4: fix reported state of interfaces without link

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dm@...lsio.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] cxgb4: fix reported state of interfaces
 without link

From: Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:29:05 -0800

> Currently tools like ip and ifconfig report incorrect state for cxgb4
> interfaces that are up but do not have link and do so until first link
> establishment.  This is because the initial netif_carrier_off call is
> before register_netdev and it needs to be after to be fully effective.
> Fix this by moving netif_carrier_off into .ndo_open.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>

Applied.
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