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Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/4] e1000e: avoid polling h/w registers
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From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:58:43 -0700

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
> 
> Avoid touching hardware registers when possible, otherwise link negotiation
> can get messed up when user-level scripts are rapidly polling the driver to
> see if/when link is up.  Use the saved link state information instead when
> possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
> Tested-by: Jeff Pieper <jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

Applied.