* driver. */
igb_get_hw_control(adapter);
- /* tell the stack to leave us alone until igb_open() is called */
- netif_carrier_off(netdev);
- netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
-
strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
err = register_netdev(netdev);
if (err)
goto err_register;
+ /* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_IGB_DCA
if (dca_add_requester(&pdev->dev) == 0) {
adapter->flags |= IGB_FLAG_DCA_ENABLED;
if (test_bit(__IGB_TESTING, &adapter->state))
return -EBUSY;
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
/* allocate transmit descriptors */
err = igb_setup_all_tx_resources(adapter);
if (err)