netif_carrier_off() should be called only after register_netdev(). Signed-off-by: Arjun Vynipadath <ar...@chelsio.com> Signed-off-by: Vishal Kulkarni <vis...@chelsio.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c index 3dac7579d5a0..d22df0f6c088 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c @@ -3140,7 +3140,6 @@ static int cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, * it. */ pi->xact_addr_filt = -1; - netif_carrier_off(netdev); netdev->irq = pdev->irq; netdev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | TSO_FLAGS | NETIF_F_GRO | @@ -3246,6 +3245,7 @@ static int cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, continue; } + netif_carrier_off(netdev); set_bit(pidx, &adapter->registered_device_map); } if (adapter->registered_device_map == 0) { -- 2.9.5