* [PATCH] make ibmveth link always up
@ 2004-11-17 0:05 Santiago Leon
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From: Santiago Leon @ 2004-11-17 0:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Linux Kernel
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Andrew,
The attached patch makes the ibmveth driver indicate that its link is
always up rather than always down, thus allowing the userspace side of
booting to configure the network interface correctly.
Please apply,
Signed-Off-By: Santiago Leon <santil@us.ibm.com>
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Santiago A. Leon
Power Linux Development
IBM Linux Technology Center
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===== drivers/net/ibmveth.c 1.18 vs edited =====
--- 1.18/drivers/net/ibmveth.c Mon Sep 13 19:23:15 2004
+++ edited/drivers/net/ibmveth.c Tue Nov 16 18:24:42 2004
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
}
static u32 netdev_get_link(struct net_device *dev) {
- return 0;
+ return 1;
}
static struct ethtool_ops netdev_ethtool_ops = {
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