Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755926Ab2HNK3O (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:29:14 -0400 Received: from smtp.ispras.ru ([83.149.198.202]:54147 "EHLO smtp.ispras.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752983Ab2HNK3M (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:29:12 -0400 From: Ilya Shchepetkov To: "David S. Miller" Cc: Ilya Shchepetkov , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ldv-project@ispras.ru Subject: [PATCH 0/5] Call netif_carrier_off() after register_netdev() Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:28:50 +0400 Message-Id: <1344940135-17079-1-git-send-email-shchepetkov@ispras.ru> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 909 Lines: 28 Hi, There are several patches on the subject: 31bde1ceaa873bcaecd49e829bfabceacc4c512d c55ad8e56b983f03589b38b4504b5d1f41161ff8 e826eafa65c6f1f7c8db5a237556cebac57ebcc5 0d672e9f8ac320c6d1ea9103db6df7f99ea20361 6a3c869a6021f4abcd69aa5fbb15c63f69eb36fe In 2008, David Miller wrote in his commit: (b47300168e770b60ab96c8924854c3b0eb4260eb) >net: Do not fire linkwatch events until the device is registered. >Several device drivers try to do things like netif_carrier_off() >before register_netdev() is invoked. This is bogus, but too many >drivers do this to fix them all up in one go. But I don't understand what will happen in this case? Thanks, Ilya -- 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/