From patchwork Fri Aug 24 19:53:25 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ben Hutchings X-Patchwork-Id: 179905 X-Patchwork-Delegate: davem@davemloft.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FB962C00EB for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:53:55 +1000 (EST) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760179Ab2HXTxm (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:53:42 -0400 Received: from webmail.solarflare.com ([12.187.104.25]:56860 "EHLO ocex02.SolarFlarecom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760165Ab2HXTx2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:53:28 -0400 Received: from [10.17.20.137] (10.17.20.137) by ocex02.SolarFlarecom.com (10.20.40.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.355.2; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:53:27 -0700 Message-ID: <1345838005.2694.38.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> Subject: [PATCH net-next 16/16] sfc: Fix the initial device operstate From: Ben Hutchings To: David Miller CC: , Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:53:25 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1345837574.2694.22.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> References: <1345837574.2694.22.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> Organization: Solarflare Communications X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3 (3.2.3-3.fc16) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [10.17.20.137] Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org 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 --- 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);