[PATCH 3/5 v3] Tsi108_eth: remove not needed code
Alex Bounine
alex.bou9 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 12 06:35:49 EST 2008
Code clean-up for tsi108_eth network driver.
This patch removes not needed dummy read and the corresponding comment.
The PHY logic requires two reads from the status register to get
current link status. This is done correctly inside mii_check_media().
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandreb at tundra.com>
---
diff -pNur linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c
linux-2.6.24-fix/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c
--- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c 2008-02-06 15:47:35.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.24-fix/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c 2008-02-06
15:54:14.000000000 -0500
@@ -297,18 +297,11 @@ static void tsi108_check_phy(struct net_
u32 speed;
unsigned long flags;
- /* Do a dummy read, as for some reason the first read
- * after a link becomes up returns link down, even if
- * it's been a while since the link came up.
- */
-
spin_lock_irqsave(&phy_lock, flags);
if (!data->phy_ok)
goto out;
- tsi108_read_mii(data, MII_BMSR);
-
duplex = mii_check_media(&data->mii_if, netif_msg_link(data),
data->init_media);
data->init_media = 0;
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