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| author |   Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2013-02-21 16:16:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2013-02-22 10:07:30 +0100 |
| commit | edb15d83a875a1f4b1576188844db5c330c3267d (patch) | |
| tree | 74d54eab401b6ccf2a6ad4821227108a8d160f03 /Documentation/networking/operstates.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'mips-next-3.9' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/john/linux-john into mips-for-linux-next (diff) | |
| parent | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into mips-for-linux-next
Conflicts:
include/linux/ssb/ssb_driver_gige.h
Also resolves a logical merge conflict in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/-
bgmac.c due to change of an API.
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt index 1a77a3cfae54..97694572338b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt @@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ set this flag. On netif_carrier_off(), the scheduler stops sending packets. The name 'carrier' and the inversion are historical, think of it as lower layer. +Note that for certain kind of soft-devices, which are not managing any +real hardware, there is possible to set this bit from userpsace. +One should use TVL IFLA_CARRIER to do so. + netif_carrier_ok() can be used to query that bit. __LINK_STATE_DORMANT, maps to IFF_DORMANT: |