[PATCH net-next 16/16] sfc: Fix the initial device operstate
From: Ben Hutchings <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-24 19:53:28
Subsystem:
networking drivers, sfc network driver, the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Edward Cree, Linus Torvalds
Following commit 8f4cccb ('net: Set device operstate at registration
time') it is now correct and preferable to set the carrier off before
registering a device.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 92f0020..a606db4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c@@ -2120,6 +2120,9 @@ static int efx_register_netdev(struct efx_nic *efx) goto fail_locked; efx_update_name(efx); + /* Always start with carrier off; PHY events will detect the link */ + netif_carrier_off(net_dev); + rc = register_netdevice(net_dev); if (rc) goto fail_locked;
@@ -2130,9 +2133,6 @@ static int efx_register_netdev(struct efx_nic *efx) efx_init_tx_queue_core_txq(tx_queue); } - /* Always start with carrier off; PHY events will detect the link */ - netif_carrier_off(net_dev); - rtnl_unlock(); rc = device_create_file(&efx->pci_dev->dev, &dev_attr_phy_type);
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1.7.7.6
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