patch-1.3.22 linux/drivers/net/net_init.c

• Lines: 16
• Date: Fri Sep 1 09:10:48 1995
• Orig file: v1.3.21/linux/drivers/net/net_init.c
• Orig date: Mon Aug 28 14:52:20 1995

diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.21/linux/drivers/net/net_init.c linux/drivers/net/net_init.c
@@ -350,6 +350,15 @@
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	/* You can i.e use a interfaces in a route though it is not up.
+	   We call close_dev (which is changed: it will down a device even if
+	   dev->flags==0 (but it will not call dev->stop if IFF_UP
+	   is not set).
+	   This will call notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, dev),
+	   dev_mc_discard(dev), ....
+	*/
+	dev_close(dev);
+
 	restore_flags(flags);
 }