--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ it as lower layer. Note that for certain kind of soft-devices, which are not managing any -real hardware, there is possible to set this bit from userpsace. -One should use TVL IFLA_CARRIER to do so. +real hardware, it is possible to set this bit from userspace. One +should use TVL IFLA_CARRIER to do so. netif_carrier_ok() can be used to query that bit.