1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index f165ae973985..7d93948aec83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
  *      0.40: 19 Jul 2005: Add support for mac address change.
  *      0.41: 30 Jul 2005: Write back original MAC in nv_close instead
  *                         of nv_remove
+ *      0.42: 06 Aug 2005: Fix lack of link speed initialization
+ *                         in the second (and later) nv_open call
  *
  * Known bugs:
  * We suspect that on some hardware no TX done interrupts are generated.
@@ -2178,6 +2180,9 @@ static int nv_open(struct net_device *dev)
                 writel(NVREG_MIISTAT_MASK, base + NvRegMIIStatus);
                 dprintk(KERN_INFO "startup: got 0x%08x.\n", miistat);
         }
+        /* set linkspeed to invalid value, thus force nv_update_linkspeed
+         * to init hw */
+        np->linkspeed = 0;
         ret = nv_update_linkspeed(dev);
         nv_start_rx(dev);
         nv_start_tx(dev);