Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH v4 14/14] QLogic VNIC: sysfs Documentation

We have linkstate/operstate for this. How is a user supposed
to configure the network device when it appears at a more or
less random time from his perspective?

Well, keep in mind that this driver is for an ethernet virtual NIC
that is actually
remote across another network (an InfiniBand fabric) -- so these devices
can actually appear or disappear at random times by their nature.  It's a
similar issue to, say, a USB ethernet adapter presents -- there's no sane way
to have operstate set for a device that hasn't been attached yet.

 - R.