From d43cefcd68bbc9a67b2c0efe38eb9cf6b5170fe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Atsushi Nemoto <nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 18:15:41 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] net: eth: altera: Fix the initial device operstate
Call netif_carrier_off() prior to register_netdev(), otherwise
userspace can see incorrect link state.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 8207877d6237..fe644823ceaf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -1517,6 +1517,7 @@ static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
spin_lock_init(&priv->tx_lock);
spin_lock_init(&priv->rxdma_irq_lock);
+ netif_carrier_off(ndev);
ret = register_netdev(ndev);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register TSE net device\n");
--
2.34.1