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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/virtio_net.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index bb6b67f6b0cc..b6d402806ae6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -986,9 +986,15 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) goto unregister; } - vi->status = VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP; - virtnet_update_status(vi); - netif_carrier_on(dev); + /* Assume link up if device can't report link status, + otherwise get link status from config. */ + if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS)) { + netif_carrier_off(dev); + virtnet_update_status(vi); + } else { + vi->status = VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP; + netif_carrier_on(dev); + } pr_debug("virtnet: registered device %s\n", dev->name); return 0; |