[3c59x] Avoid blindly reading link status twice In order to spare some I/O operations, be more intelligent about when to read from the PHY. Pointed out by Bogdan Costescu. Signed-off-by: Tommy S. Christensen --- linux-2.6.13-git8/drivers/net/3c59x.c-orig Fri Sep 9 00:05:49 2005 +++ linux-2.6.13-git8/drivers/net/3c59x.c Fri Sep 9 00:13:55 2005 @@ -1889,7 +1889,9 @@ vortex_timer(unsigned long data) { spin_lock_bh(&vp->lock); mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], 1); - mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], 1); + if (!(mii_status & BMSR_LSTATUS)) + /* Re-read to get actual link status */ + mii_status = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], 1); ok = 1; if (vortex_debug > 2) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: MII transceiver has status %4.4x.\n",