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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index 08c801490c72..ceaa58554679 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1442,15 +1442,14 @@ static int __devinit igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
* driver. */
igb_get_hw_control(adapter);
- /* tell the stack to leave us alone until igb_open() is called */
- netif_carrier_off(netdev);
- netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
-
strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
err = register_netdev(netdev);
if (err)
goto err_register;
+ /* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_IGB_DCA
if (dca_add_requester(&pdev->dev) == 0) {
adapter->flags |= IGB_FLAG_DCA_ENABLED;
@@ -1699,6 +1698,8 @@ static int igb_open(struct net_device *netdev)
if (test_bit(__IGB_TESTING, &adapter->state))
return -EBUSY;
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
/* allocate transmit descriptors */
err = igb_setup_all_tx_resources(adapter);
if (err)
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