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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c index 4a0826b8f6f..ff741ca110f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c @@ -471,10 +471,8 @@ ixgb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) if (err) goto err_register; - /* we're going to reset, so assume we have no link for now */ - + /* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */ netif_carrier_off(netdev); - netif_stop_queue(netdev); DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Network Connection\n"); ixgb_check_options(adapter); @@ -592,6 +590,8 @@ ixgb_open(struct net_device *netdev) if (err) goto err_setup_tx; + netif_carrier_off(netdev); + /* allocate receive descriptors */ err = ixgb_setup_rx_resources(adapter); @@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ ixgb_open(struct net_device *netdev) if (err) goto err_up; + netif_start_queue(netdev); + return 0; err_up: |