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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: Set link down initially for drivers that
 update link state
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:31:02 -0800 (PST)
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From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:29:52 +0000

> Some usbnet drivers update link state while others do not due to
> hardware limitations.  Add a flag to distinguish those that do, and
> set the link down initially for their devices.
> 
> This is intended to fix this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/444043
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

Applied to net-next-2.6