From d4c642ea1239f0c5c1d794a5b788319d3373c58c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabio Estevam Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 19:55:38 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] gianfar: Call netif_carrier_off() prior to registration Quoting David Miller: "At the moment you call register_netdev() the device is visible, notifications are sent to userspace, and userland tools can try to bring the interface up and see the incorrect link state, before you do the netif_carrier_off(). Said another way, between the register_netdev() and netif_carrier_off() call, userspace can see the device in an inconsistent state." So call netif_carrier_off() prior to register_netdev(). Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Reading git-format-patch failed