Re: Strange uses of netif_start_queue

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:39:05 +0100

> To answer the fundamental question, I think netif_start_queue /
> netif_stop_queue should be allowed in case the driver for some reason has
> the desire to stop queueing of packet immediately after register_netdev.

I disagree.  register_netdev() does not make packets start getting
queued, you have to up the interface for that to start occuring.
And your ->open() routine has full control over that.