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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sunvnet: only use connected ports when sending
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:30:14 -0700 (PDT)
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From: David L Stevens <david.stevens@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:30:11 -0400

> The sunvnet driver doesn't check whether or not a port is connected when
> transmitting packets, which results in failures if a port fails to connect
> (e.g., due to a version mismatch). The original code also assumes
> unnecessarily that the first port is up and a switch, even though there is
> a flag for switch ports.
> 
> This patch only matches a port if it is connected, and otherwise uses the
> switch_port flag to send the packet to a switch port that is up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <david.stevens@oracle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks David.