e1000e: remove RXSEQ link monitoring for serdes
authordave graham <david.graham@intel.com>
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:52:05 +0000 (12:52 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:00:28 +0000 (17:00 -0800)
commit573cca8c6fdbf6bd2dae8f9e9b66931990849c83
tree16aa90922250cb036d2230256e0fc890ba3476b8
parent5df3f0eaf8b236cc785e2733a3df1e5c84e4aad8
e1000e: remove RXSEQ link monitoring for serdes

RXSEQ interrupts were used to force link state interrogation of serdes
links, as the Si was not guaranteed to report LSC interrupts when the
link changed state. On some bladeservers this resulted in false link up
reports if no link partner was connected. The RXSEQ treatment is
not necessary, as the link can be monitored from the watchdog timer, and
the false link indications cease.

Signed-off-by: dave graham <david.graham@intel.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c