e1000: allow ethtool to see link status when down

By reading the MAC status register we can detect whether the MAC has
seen the PHY see link. This allows us to show the link properties before
the device is up in ethtool.

Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index 44ebc72962dc..6777887295f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ e1000_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_cmd *ecmd)
                         ecmd->transceiver = XCVR_EXTERNAL;
         }
 
-        if (netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev)) {
+        if (E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, STATUS) & E1000_STATUS_LU) {
 
                 e1000_get_speed_and_duplex(hw, &adapter->link_speed,
                                                    &adapter->link_duplex);