be2net: fix unnecessary access to hardware to get link, port info

Every time while doing ethtool->get_settings we are accessing
the hardware to get link status and port information.
This is not necessary.  We now use the cached copy for this info
and update it when the link status changes.

From: Suresh R <sureshr@serverengines.com>

Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@serverengines.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be.h b/drivers/net/benet/be.h
index d90cc015abb3..12247480a1f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be.h
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be.h
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ struct be_adapter {
         u32 cap;
         u32 rx_fc;              /* Rx flow control */
         u32 tx_fc;              /* Tx flow control */
+        int link_speed;
+        u8 port_type;
 };
 
 extern const struct ethtool_ops be_ethtool_ops;