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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index ef12931..9bdcf4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -1234,15 +1234,14 @@ static int __devinit e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
!e1000_check_mng_mode(hw))
e1000_get_hw_control(adapter);
- /* tell the stack to leave us alone until e1000_open() is called */
- netif_carrier_off(netdev);
- netif_stop_queue(netdev);
-
strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
err = register_netdev(netdev);
if (err)
goto err_register;
+ /* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection\n");
cards_found++;
@@ -1441,6 +1440,8 @@ static int e1000_open(struct net_device *netdev)
if (test_bit(__E1000_TESTING, &adapter->flags))
return -EBUSY;
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
/* allocate transmit descriptors */
err = e1000_setup_all_tx_resources(adapter);
if (err)
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