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-rw-r--r--src/drivers/net/forcedeth.c5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/src/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index 918f502f4..a54eae441 100644
--- a/src/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/src/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -968,10 +968,9 @@ forcedeth_link_status ( struct net_device *netdev )
{
struct forcedeth_private *priv = netdev_priv ( netdev );
void *ioaddr = priv->mmio_addr;
- u32 mii_status;
- /* Clear the MII link change status */
- mii_status = readl ( ioaddr + NvRegMIIStatus );
+ /* Clear the MII link change status by reading the MIIStatus register */
+ readl ( ioaddr + NvRegMIIStatus );
writel ( NVREG_MIISTAT_LINKCHANGE, ioaddr + NvRegMIIStatus );
if ( nv_update_linkspeed ( priv ) == 1 )