e1000e: fix incorrect link status when switch module pulled

On 82571 with SerDes, the true link state is not always correct when read
from the STATUS register; use existing e1000_has_link() function instead.

Signed-off-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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index b3f0b4797016..b1b534d267ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -3421,7 +3421,7 @@ static void e1000_print_link_info(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
                ((ctrl & E1000_CTRL_TFCE) ? "TX" : "None" )));
 }
 
-static bool e1000_has_link(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
+bool e1000_has_link(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 {
         struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
         bool link_active = 0;