On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 01:26 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > The bug report <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14791> > implies that at least some devices will not send a Network Connection > notification if the link is initially up. Further, the CDC-ECM > specification states that '[n]etworking devices are typically "Always > Connected", spending all of their time with the "link up"'. So it > appears to be safer to assume the link is up and to rely on the device > to tell us otherwise. > > This is a partial revert of: > > commit 37e8273cd30592d3a82bcb70cbb1bdc4eaeb6b71 > Author: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed Nov 4 15:29:52 2009 +0000 > > usbnet: Set link down initially for drivers that update link state > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx > --- > This should be tested by someone with one of these devices, preferably > you since you reported the bug. Mail to reporter bounces, so someone else had better check this. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Horngren's Observation: Among economists, the real world is often a special case.
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