net: Do not fire linkwatch events until the device is registered.
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:33:54 +0000 (15:33 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:33:54 +0000 (15:33 -0800)
Several device drivers try to do things like netif_carrier_off()
before register_netdev() is invoked.  This is bogus, but too many
drivers do this to fix them all up in one go.

Reported-by: Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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