--- 2.6/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2005-08-14 11:17:03.000000000 +0200
+++ build-2.6/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2005-08-14 11:16:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -2178,6 +2180,9 @@
 		writel(NVREG_MIISTAT_MASK, base + NvRegMIIStatus);
 		dprintk(KERN_INFO "startup: got 0x%08x.\n", miistat);
 	}
+	/* set linkspeed to invalid value, thus force nv_update_linkspeed
+	 * to init hw */
+	np->linkspeed = 0;
 	ret = nv_update_linkspeed(dev);
 	nv_start_rx(dev);
 	nv_start_tx(dev);