netdev - Re: [PATCH V5 net-next 06/11] net: hibmcge: Implement .ndo_start

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Message-ID: <20240829075133.34c28f1f@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 07:51:33 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 net-next 06/11] net: hibmcge: Implement
 .ndo_start_xmit function

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:32:33 +0800 Jijie Shao wrote:
> I won't be able to do a loopback test if the network port goes down unexpectedly.

One clarification in addition to what Andrew explained - we're talking
about allocating in ndo_open, not carrier itself being up / down.