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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/virtio_net.c12
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;