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 Index: linux-2.6.26-rc6-quilt1/drivers/net/dm9000.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.26-rc6-quilt1.orig/drivers/net/dm9000.c 2008-06-15 23:31:41.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc6-quilt1/drivers/net/dm9000.c 2008-06-15 23:38:55.000000000 +0100 @@ -473,7 +473,14 @@ static int dm9000_nway_reset(struct net_ static u32 dm9000_get_link(struct net_device *dev) { board_info_t *dm = to_dm9000_board(dev); - return mii_link_ok(&dm->mii); + u32 ret; + + if (dm->flags & DM9000_PLATF_EXT_PHY) + ret = mii_link_ok(&dm->mii); + else + ret = dm9000_read_locked(dm, DM9000_NSR) & NSR_LINKST ? 1 : 0; + + return ret; } #define DM_EEPROM_MAGIC (0x444D394B) -- Ben (ben@fluff.org, http://www.fluff.org/) 'a smiley only costs 4 bytes' -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html