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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: read current link status from phy
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:41:14 -0700
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Tommy Christensen <tommy.christensen@tpack.net> wrote:
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> In order to spare some I/O operations, be more intelligent about
>  when to read from the PHY.

Seems sane.

Should we also decrease the polling interval?  Perhaps only when the cable
is unplugged?