Subject: Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: read current link status from phy

From: "John W. Linville" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 21:08:18 -0400

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 12:39:18AM +0200, Tommy Christensen wrote:

> --- linux-2.6.13-git8/drivers/net/3c59x.c-orig	Fri Sep  9 00:05:49 2005
> +++ linux-2.6.13-git8/drivers/net/3c59x.c	Fri Sep  9 00:13:55 2005
> @@ -1889,7 +1889,9 @@ vortex_timer(unsigned long data)
>  		{
>  			spin_lock_bh(&vp->lock);
>  			mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], 1);
> -			mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], 1);
> +			if (!(mii_status & BMSR_LSTATUS))
> +				/* Re-read to get actual link status */
> +				mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], 1);
>  			ok = 1;
>  			if (vortex_debug > 2)
>  				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: MII transceiver has status %4.4x.\n",

Any chance you could re-diff this to apply on top of the patch posted
earlier today by Neil Horman?

Thanks,

John
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John W. Linville
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