e1000e: avoid polling h/w registers during link negotiation
Avoid touching hardware registers when possible, otherwise link negotiation can get messed up when user-level scripts are rapidly polling the driver to see if/when link is up. Use the saved link state information instead when possible. Signed-off-by:Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com> Tested-by:
Jeff Pieper <jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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