[PATCH] b44: check link state during open
Check the link state during b44_open. This closes a 1 HZ window
that existed after b44_open ran but before the b44_timer handler ran,
during which ethtool would report "Link detected: yes" no matter what
the link state actually was.
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index 3fe8ba9..f1bd45e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,9 @@
b44_init_hw(bp);
bp->flags |= B44_FLAG_INIT_COMPLETE;
+ netif_carrier_off(dev);
+ b44_check_phy(bp);
+
spin_unlock_irq(&bp->lock);
init_timer(&bp->timer);