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+From patchwork Fri Jul 21 18:36:24 2017
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
+Subject: [2/5] e1000e: Fix wrong comment related to link detection
+From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.com>
+X-Patchwork-Id: 9857489
+Message-Id: <20170721183627.13373-2-bpoirier@suse.com>
+To: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
+Cc: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>,
+ intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
+ linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:36:24 -0700
+
+Reading e1000e_check_for_copper_link() shows that get_link_status is set to
+false after link has been detected. Therefore, it stays TRUE until then.
+
+Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.com>
+Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
+---
+ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+@@ -5049,7 +5049,7 @@ static bool e1000e_has_link(struct e1000
+
+ /* get_link_status is set on LSC (link status) interrupt or
+ * Rx sequence error interrupt. get_link_status will stay
+- * false until the check_for_link establishes link
++ * true until the check_for_link establishes link
+ * for copper adapters ONLY
+ */
+ switch (hw->phy.media_type) {
+@@ -5067,7 +5067,7 @@ static bool e1000e_has_link(struct e1000
+ break;
+ case e1000_media_type_internal_serdes:
+ ret_val = hw->mac.ops.check_for_link(hw);
+- link_active = adapter->hw.mac.serdes_has_link;
++ link_active = hw->mac.serdes_has_link;
+ break;
+ default:
+ case e1000_media_type_unknown: