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authorKok, Auke <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>2007-02-16 22:39:30 (GMT)
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2007-02-17 20:37:14 (GMT)
commitca6efb7d6c9336acda2e7b76a39b59bbfe77ec13 (patch)
tree4cf6274ccd88b79a4294216b0b5bfef01e50ff78
parent1d33e9c606bcf3d00bf67477e34253e861bb71c3 (diff)
downloadlinux-ca6efb7d6c9336acda2e7b76a39b59bbfe77ec13.tar.xz
e1000: allow ethtool to see link status when down
By reading the MAC status register we can detect whether the MAC has seen the PHY see link. This allows us to show the link properties before the device is up in ethtool. Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index 44ebc72..6777887 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ e1000_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_cmd *ecmd)
ecmd->transceiver = XCVR_EXTERNAL;
}
- if (netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev)) {
+ if (E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, STATUS) & E1000_STATUS_LU) {
e1000_get_speed_and_duplex(hw, &adapter->link_speed,
&adapter->link_duplex);