From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:55:53 -0700
> We cannot be registering the network device first, then setting its
> carrier off and finally connecting it to a PHY, doing that leaves a
> window during which the carrier is at best inconsistent, and at worse
>
We cannot be registering the network device first, then setting its
carrier off and finally connecting it to a PHY, doing that leaves a
window during which the carrier is at best inconsistent, and at worse
the device is not usable without a down/up sequence since the network
device is visible to