Re: [PATCH net-next ] Fix time-lag of IFF_RUNNING flag consistency between vlan and real devices
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2011-08-29 06:35:35
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From: Stephen Hemminger <redacted> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:06:28 -0700 (PDT)
This was mostly typical of older hardware that did not have a PHY interrupt.
Many have to poll because the PHY interrupt is simply unreliable.