netdev - [PATCH 1/7] e1000e: Return 1 instead of a non-zero value for link up indication

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Message-ID: <20080809013544.23913.47157.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:35:44 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	jeff@...zik.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] e1000e: Return 1 instead of a non-zero value for link up
	indication

From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>

A number of users have mentioned they have tools that rely on a link-up
indication having a return value of 1 rather than a non-zero value.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
index cf9679f..e21c9e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static u32 e1000_get_link(struct net_device *netdev)
 	u32 status;
 	
 	status = er32(STATUS);
-	return (status & E1000_STATUS_LU);
+	return (status & E1000_STATUS_LU) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 static int e1000_set_spd_dplx(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, u16 spddplx)

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