# echo 4 > /sys/class/net/gphy/operstate
# ip link show gphy
4: gphy@eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500
qdisc noqueue switchid 00000000 state TESTING mode DEFAULT group default
qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:10:18:de:38:1f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

This looks good.

I stopped using ifconfig years ago, so i personally don't care about
it. If you are using old tools, you have to expect some surprises and
missing information.

	Andrew