[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH v4 14/14] QLogic VNIC: sysfs Documentation

[Roland Dreier]

> We have linkstate/operstate for this. How is a user supposed
> to configure the network device when it appears at a more or
> less random time from his perspective?

Well, keep in mind that this driver is for an ethernet virtual NIC
that is actually
remote across another network (an InfiniBand fabric) -- so these devices
can actually appear or disappear at random times by their nature.  It's a
similar issue to, say, a USB ethernet adapter presents -- there's no sane way
to have operstate set for a device that hasn't been attached yet.

 - R.