netdev - Re: [patch 6/9] DM9000: Allow the use of the NSR register to get link status.

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Message-ID: <20080616125120.GA26276@fluff.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:51:20 +0100
From:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
To:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 6/9] DM9000: Allow the use of the NSR register to get
	link status.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:26:59AM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> The DM9000's internal PHY reports a copy of the link status
> in the NSR register of the chip. Reading the status when
> polling for link status is faster as it eliminates the need
> to sleep, but does not print as much information.
> 
> Add an platform flag to force this behaviour, and a Kconfig
> option to allow it to be forced to the faster method always.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>

Argh, this didn't get refreshed before emailing the quilt, will
fix and re-send with the blackfin updates

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