From: Mick Tarsel <mjtarsel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit e876a8a7e9dd89dc88c12ca2e81beb478dbe9897 ]
State is initially reported as UNKNOWN. Before register call
netif_carrier_off(). Once the device is opened, call netif_carrier_on() in
order to set the state to UP.
Signed-off-by: Mick Tarsel <mjtarsel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index c66abd476023..3b0db01ead1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
}
rc = __ibmvnic_open(netdev);
+ netif_carrier_on(netdev);
mutex_unlock(&adapter->reset_lock);
return rc;
@@ -3899,6 +3900,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
if (rc)
goto ibmvnic_init_fail;
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
rc = register_netdev(netdev);
if (rc) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc);
--
2.11.0