From 1452db764c279f8b329f1b3b9469bd01d9e21afd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cliff Clark <cliff_clark@selinc.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:07:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ucc_geth: Intialize link state to down before register_netdev
ucc_geth was indicating link up after a port is administratively enabled even
when nothing is plugged in. This causes user-space tools to see a spurious link
up the first time after boot.
Signed-off-by: Cliff Clark <cliff_clark@selinc.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index 357e8b576905..56b774d3a13d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3893,6 +3893,9 @@ static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
ugeth->phy_interface = phy_interface;
ugeth->max_speed = max_speed;
+ /* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
+ netif_carrier_off(dev);
+
err = register_netdev(dev);
if (err) {
if (netif_msg_probe(ugeth))
--
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