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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c index 891e0178b97f..d490cd2a8962 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c @@ -1729,10 +1729,15 @@ int genphy_update_link(struct phy_device *phydev) { int status; - /* Do a fake read */ - status = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR); - if (status < 0) - return status; + /* The link state is latched low so that momentary link + * drops can be detected. Do not double-read the status + * in polling mode to detect such short link drops. + */ + if (!phy_polling_mode(phydev)) { + status = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR); + if (status < 0) + return status; + } /* Read link and autonegotiation status */ status = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR); |