From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 13/14] e1000e: fix incorrect link status when switch module pulled Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:01:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20081121.170151.235363986.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20081121185859.32313.42332.stgit@gitlost.lost> <20081121190239.32313.89514.stgit@gitlost.lost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeff@garzik.org, bruce.w.allan@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:44116 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752453AbYKVBBw (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20081121190239.32313.89514.stgit@gitlost.lost> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:02:39 -0800 > From: Bruce Allan > > On 82571 with SerDes, the true link state is not always correct when read > from the STATUS register; use existing e1000_has_link() function instead. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.