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From: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 12:38:01 -0500

> The current "carrier on until told otherwise" model is intentional,
> because not all drivers support carrier detection, and thus we must
> assume the carrier is on until the driver tells us it is not on.
> 
> Would this patch break that model?

Absolutely correct, this change is completely inappropriate.