[PATCH] net: eth: altera: Fix the initial device operstate
From: Atsushi Nemoto <hidden>
Date: 2015-09-08 09:16:35
Call netif_carrier_off() prior to register_netdev(), otherwise userspace can see incorrect link state. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <redacted> --- drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 3ade46c..91fd718 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c@@ -1518,6 +1518,7 @@ static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) spin_lock_init(&priv->tx_lock); spin_lock_init(&priv->rxdma_irq_lock); + netif_carrier_off(ndev); ret = register_netdev(ndev); if (ret) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register TSE net device\n");
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