Subject: [PATCH][v3.13.y] e1000e: Fix no connectivity when driver loaded with cable out

From: Joseph Salisbury <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:08:30 -0500

Hello,

Please consider including mainline commit b20a774 in the next v3.13.y
stable release.  It was included in the mainline tree as of v3.15-rc1. 
It has been tested and confirmed to resolve
http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400365 .

commit b20a774495671f037e7160ea2ce8789af6b61533
Author: David Ertman <[email-masked]>
Date:   Tue Mar 25 04:27:55 2014 +0000

    e1000e: Fix no connectivity when driver loaded with cable out

Sincerely,
Joseph Salisbury