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DM9000: Use NSR to determine link-status on internal PHY
authorBen Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:16:03 +0000 (22:16 +0100)
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:57:58 +0000 (22:57 -0400)
commitaa1eb452e8d8a97ee65ace0054e7a733ae12cf6d
tree2fd50def329fa3c7ee6ce8441f7941d548b09f6ctree | snapshot
parentf8d79e79a1700fdcf26a1dfcaefad905b1279600commit | diff
DM9000: Use NSR to determine link-status on internal PHY

The DM9000_NSR register contains a copy of the internal PHY's
link status which we can use to determine if the link is up
or down. This eliminates the more costly (and sleeping) PHY
read when using the DM9000's own PHY.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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