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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] be2net: Call netif_carier_off() after
 register_netdev()
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:15:34 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:41:10 +0530

> Calling netif_carrier_off before register_netdev was causing the network interface
> to miss a linkwatch pending event leading to  an inconsistent state if the link
> is not up when interface is initialized.This is now invoked after register_netdev.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>

Applied.