Messages in this thread | | | From | Ilya Shchepetkov <> | Subject | [PATCH 0/5] Call netif_carrier_off() after register_netdev() | Date | Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:28:50 +0400 |
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Hi,
There are several patches on the subject:
31bde1ceaa873bcaecd49e829bfabceacc4c512d c55ad8e56b983f03589b38b4504b5d1f41161ff8 e826eafa65c6f1f7c8db5a237556cebac57ebcc5 0d672e9f8ac320c6d1ea9103db6df7f99ea20361 6a3c869a6021f4abcd69aa5fbb15c63f69eb36fe
In 2008, David Miller wrote in his commit: (b47300168e770b60ab96c8924854c3b0eb4260eb)
>net: Do not fire linkwatch events until the device is registered.
>Several device drivers try to do things like netif_carrier_off() >before register_netdev() is invoked. This is bogus, but too many >drivers do this to fix them all up in one go.
But I don't understand what will happen in this case?
Thanks, Ilya
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