netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] smsc95xx: mark link down on startup and let PHY interrupt deal with carrier changes

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Message-ID: <CAKh2mn6YM=Jmpmfr7ErM0cRjsMc97DzoBLcA45gh9yzSpQDRJg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:41:33 +0100
From:	Steve Glendinning <steve@...well.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	fillods@...rs.sf.net, paolo.pisati@...onical.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] smsc95xx: mark link down on startup and let PHY
 interrupt deal with carrier changes

Hi all,

On 24 April 2012 16:45, Steve Glendinning <steve@...well.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On 24 April 2012 05:42, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>>
>> Steve, please send a maintainers etc. update and please provide
>> feedback on this link status fix.

Good catch Paolo, this patch fixes reporting of link status when the
device is first connected with no ethernet cable plugged in.

I'll prepare the same patch for smsc75xx as it also suffers from the same issue.

Acked-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>

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Steve Glendinning
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