From: David Miller <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
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:33:48 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090714.113348.155881037.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ce0170d90907141017h732c2cd7ja5990303093b6edd@mail.gmail.com>
From: Sergio Luis <eeeesti@gmail.com>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-14 18:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-01 15:40 [PATCH 1/1] Tell linkwatch about new interfaces Andrew Lutomirski
2009-04-05 0:05 ` David Miller
2009-04-05 4:00 ` Andrew Lutomirski
2009-04-10 0:48 ` Brandeburg, Jesse
2009-04-11 15:46 ` Andrew Lutomirski
2009-04-13 23:22 ` David Miller
2009-04-14 7:43 ` Jeff Kirsher
2009-07-14 17:17 ` Sergio Luis
2009-07-14 18:33 ` David Miller [this message]
2009-07-14 18:37 ` Sergio Luis
2009-07-14 18:58 ` Andrew Lutomirski
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