Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755941AbZGNSdq (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:33:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755917AbZGNSdp (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:33:45 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:47436 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755845AbZGNSdo (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:33:44 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:33:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20090714.113348.155881037.davem@davemloft.net> To: eeeesti@gmail.com Cc: amluto@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Tell linkwatch about new interfaces From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20090404.170539.148727646.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.2.51 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 675 Lines: 17 From: Sergio Luis Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:17:21 -0300 > is this patch incorrect, though? with the linkwatch_fire_event() call, > the rfc2863 operstate will be set for everyone at device register > time. The issue is dumb drivers that do not manage their link state at all. We want them to always have their links up, from the moment they are registered. This is especially important for virtual devices. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/