usbnet: Set link down initially for drivers that update link state
Some usbnet drivers update link state while others do not due to
hardware limitations. Add a flag to distinguish those that do, and
set the link down initially for their devices.
This is intended to fix this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/444043
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 378da8c..04f3f28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1352,9 +1352,11 @@
// ok, it's ready to go.
usb_set_intfdata (udev, dev);
- // start as if the link is up
netif_device_attach (net);
+ if (dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_LINK_INTR)
+ netif_carrier_off(net);
+
return 0;
out3: