2 files changed, 48 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 287d0873c60d..4d69474b6125 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -938,6 +938,15 @@ config DM9000
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.  The module
           will be called dm9000.
 
+config DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL
+        bool "Force simple NSR based PHY polling"
+        depends on DM9000
+        ---help---
+          This configuration forces the DM9000 to use the NSR's LinkStatus
+          bit to determine if the link is up or down instead of the more
+          costly MII PHY reads. Note, this will not work if the chip is
+          operating with an external PHY.
+
 config ENC28J60
         tristate "ENC28J60 support"
         depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET
diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 7c38f6129b55..5ad2ec537684 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -552,15 +552,48 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops dm9000_ethtool_ops = {
         .set_eeprom             = dm9000_set_eeprom,
 };
 
+static void dm9000_show_carrier(board_info_t *db,
+                                unsigned carrier, unsigned nsr)
+{
+        struct net_device *ndev = db->ndev;
+        unsigned ncr = dm9000_read_locked(db, DM9000_NCR);
+
+        if (carrier)
+                dev_info(db->dev, "%s: link up, %dMbps, %s-duplex, no LPA\n",
+                         ndev->name, (nsr & NSR_SPEED) ? 10 : 100,
+                         (ncr & NCR_FDX) ? "full" : "half");
+        else
+                dev_info(db->dev, "%s: link down\n", ndev->name);
+}
+
 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);
+        struct net_device *ndev = db->ndev;
+
+        if (db->flags & DM9000_PLATF_SIMPLE_PHY &&
+            !(db->flags & DM9000_PLATF_EXT_PHY)) {
+                unsigned nsr = dm9000_read_locked(db, DM9000_NSR);
+                unsigned old_carrier = netif_carrier_ok(ndev) ? 1 : 0;
+                unsigned new_carrier;
 
-        mii_check_media(&db->mii, netif_msg_link(db), 0);
+                new_carrier = (nsr & NSR_LINKST) ? 1 : 0;
+
+                if (old_carrier != new_carrier) {
+                        if (netif_msg_link(db))
+                                dm9000_show_carrier(db, new_carrier, nsr);
+
+                        if (!new_carrier)
+                                netif_carrier_off(ndev);
+                        else
+                                netif_carrier_on(ndev);
+                }
+        } else
+                mii_check_media(&db->mii, netif_msg_link(db), 0);
         
-        if (netif_running(db->ndev))
+        if (netif_running(ndev))
                 dm9000_schedule_poll(db);
 }
 
@@ -1267,6 +1300,10 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                 db->flags = pdata->flags;
         }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL
+        db->flags |= DM9000_PLATF_SIMPLE_PHY;
+#endif
+
         dm9000_reset(db);
 
         /* try multiple times, DM9000 sometimes gets the read wrong */