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DateThu, 09 Jun 2005 15:11:08 -0700 (PDT)
SubjectRe: ipw2100: firmware problem
From"David S. Miller" <>
From: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:01:30 -0500

> The ipw2100 originally postponed doing any initialization until open was
> called.  The problem at that time was that distributions were crafted to
> rely on link detection (I believe via ethtoolop's get_link) before they
> would bring the interface up.

Yes, I see, and that does work for most ethernet devices.
I noticed that Debian's 3.1 installer used this to determine
which ethernet device it should use as the default in it's
network device dialogue.

One idea, returning true for get_link when the device is down, may not
be a bad idea for the wireless case.
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