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    Subject[192/262] bridge: leave carrier on for empty bridge
    3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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    From: stephen hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

    [ Upstream commit b64b73d7d0c480f75684519c6134e79d50c1b341 ]

    This resolves a regression seen by some users of bridging.
    Some users use the bridge like a dummy device.
    They expect to be able to put an IPv6 address on the device
    with no ports attached. Although there are better ways of doing
    this, there is no reason to not allow it.

    Note: the bridge still will reflect the state of ports in the
    bridge if there are any added.

    Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
    ---
    net/bridge/br_device.c | 3 ---
    1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

    --- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
    +++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
    @@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ static int br_dev_open(struct net_device
    {
    struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);

    - netif_carrier_off(dev);
    netdev_update_features(dev);
    netif_start_queue(dev);
    br_stp_enable_bridge(br);
    @@ -108,8 +107,6 @@ static int br_dev_stop(struct net_device
    {
    struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);

    - netif_carrier_off(dev);
    -
    br_stp_disable_bridge(br);
    br_multicast_stop(br);




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