Ben Hutchings <bhutchi...@solarflare.com> writes:
> But if you do it beforehand then it doesn't have the intended effect.
> (Supposed to be fixed by 22604c866889c4b2e12b73cbf1683bda1b72a313, which
> had to be reverted: c276e098d3ee33059b4a1c747354226cec58487c.)
>
> So you have to do it after, but without dropping the RTNL lock in
> between.
So you may want to add something like
int register_netdev_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev)
{
int err;
rtnl_lock();
err = register_netdevice(dev);
if (!err)
set_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state)
rtnl_unlock();
return err;
}
for these drivers?
Bjørn
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