Re: [PATCH net-next ] Fix time-lag of IFF_RUNNING flag consistencybetween vlan and real devices

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:06:28 -0700 (PDT)

> This was mostly typical of older hardware that did not have a PHY
> interrupt.

Many have to poll because the PHY interrupt is simply unreliable.
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