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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: IFF_RUNNING without carrier after reboot
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:29:51 -0800 (PST)
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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:28:33 +0100

> I have a really strange issue with the 2.6.28 kernel. So when I boot
> that kernel and then call "ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig" it shows eth0
> with the flag RUNNING enabled. Even if no cable is plugged into that
> device.

The RUNNING state has no connection to link presence.

It just means that the device has been brought up by a
user configuration command like the ifconfig you ran.

It really means nothing else.