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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/3c59x.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c index 88ce4c43fd4..e1f773d07ed 100644 --- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c +++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c @@ -1893,7 +1893,10 @@ vortex_timer(unsigned long data) { spin_lock_bh(&vp->lock); mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], MII_BMSR); - mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], MII_BMSR); + if (!(mii_status & BMSR_LSTATUS)) { + /* Re-read to get actual link status */ + mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], MII_BMSR); + } ok = 1; if (vortex_debug > 2) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: MII transceiver has status %4.4x.\n", |