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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/dsa/slave.c | 7 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst index a8d15dd2b42b..e9517af5fe02 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst @@ -273,10 +273,6 @@ will not make us go through the switch tagging protocol transmit function, so the Ethernet switch on the other end, expecting a tag will typically drop this frame. -Slave network devices check that the master network device is UP before allowing -you to administratively bring UP these slave network devices. A common -configuration mistake is forgetting to bring UP the master network device first. - Interactions with other subsystems ================================== diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c index b0571ab4e5a7..c95e3bdbe690 100644 --- a/net/dsa/slave.c +++ b/net/dsa/slave.c @@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ static int dsa_slave_open(struct net_device *dev) struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_slave_to_port(dev); int err; - if (!(master->flags & IFF_UP)) - return -ENETDOWN; + err = dev_open(master, NULL); + if (err < 0) { + netdev_err(dev, "failed to open master %s\n", master->name); + goto out; + } if (!ether_addr_equal(dev->dev_addr, master->dev_addr)) { err = dev_uc_add(master, dev->dev_addr); |