Re: [patch] Link state reporting

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is already two ways to report link state to userspace.  We do not
need a third.

First, ETHTOOL_GLINK.  Second, netif_carrier_off causes IFF_RUNNING to
disappear when the interface is up.

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