[PATCH] 44x ethernet MDIO access

[Ralph Siemsen]

There is a small bug in the emac_phy_write() routine defined in
drivers/net/ibm_emac/ibm_emac_core.c (present in latest 2.6.8-rc3).  At
the end of the function, check is done for phy error; however as written
this will always be false, because "stacr" contains the value _written_
to the hardware, rather than the value read back from hardware.

Simple on-line fix attached.

In a related issue, both the PHY read and write functions use a fixed
time delay (MDIO_DELAY = 50) presently... it seems I need a longer value
on my hardware, and having such hardcoded values is trouble anyways... I
suggest we change the code to poll for completion, with a short delay
and an upper limit on the number of loops.

=Ralph
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