RE: [PATCH net] hyperv: Fix the carrier status setting

From: Haiyang Zhang
Date: Mon Feb 10 2014 - 10:57:57 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 4:04 AM
> To: Haiyang Zhang
> Cc: davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx;
> jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; driverdev-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net] hyperv: Fix the carrier status setting
>
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 05:07:58PM -0800, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Changelog sucks. What are the user visible effects of this bug?
>
Without this patch, the "cat /sys/class/net/ethN/operstate" shows
"unknown", and "ethtool ethN" shows "Link detected: yes", when VM
boots up with or without vNIC connected. This patch fixed the problem.

I will include the comments.

Thanks,
- Haiyang

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