1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 7c49f336b440..d45bcd2660af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ typedef struct board_info {
 
         struct mutex     addr_lock;     /* phy and eeprom access lock */
 
+        struct delayed_work phy_poll;
+        struct net_device  *ndev;
+
         spinlock_t lock;
 
         struct mii_if_info mii;
@@ -297,6 +300,10 @@ static void dm9000_set_io(struct board_info *db, int byte_width)
         }
 }
 
+static void dm9000_schedule_poll(board_info_t *db)
+{
+        schedule_delayed_work(&db->phy_poll, HZ * 2);
+}
 
 /* Our watchdog timed out. Called by the networking layer */
 static void dm9000_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -465,6 +472,17 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops dm9000_ethtool_ops = {
         .set_eeprom             = dm9000_set_eeprom,
 };
 
+static void
+dm9000_poll_work(struct work_struct *w)
+{
+        struct delayed_work *dw = container_of(w, struct delayed_work, work);
+        board_info_t *db = container_of(dw, board_info_t, phy_poll);
+
+        mii_check_media(&db->mii, netif_msg_link(db), 0);
+        
+        if (netif_running(db->ndev))
+                dm9000_schedule_poll(db);
+}
 
 /* dm9000_release_board
  *
@@ -532,10 +550,14 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         memset(db, 0, sizeof (*db));
 
         db->dev = &pdev->dev;
+        db->ndev = ndev;
 
         spin_lock_init(&db->lock);
         mutex_init(&db->addr_lock);
 
+        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&db->phy_poll, dm9000_poll_work);
+
+
         if (pdev->num_resources < 2) {
                 ret = -ENODEV;
                 goto out;
@@ -761,6 +783,8 @@ dm9000_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
         mii_check_media(&db->mii, netif_msg_link(db), 1);
         netif_start_queue(dev);
+        
+        dm9000_schedule_poll(db);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -879,6 +903,8 @@ dm9000_stop(struct net_device *ndev)
         if (netif_msg_ifdown(db))
                 dev_dbg(db->dev, "shutting down %s\n", ndev->name);
 
+        cancel_delayed_work(&db->phy_poll);
+
         netif_stop_queue(ndev);
         netif_carrier_off(ndev);