Signed-off-by: Ganesh Venkatesan <redacted>
diff -up net-drivers-2.4/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c net-drivers-2.4/drivers/net/e1000.new/e1000_main.c
--- net-drivers-2.4/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2004-12-06 08:43:11.635381920 -0800
+++ net-drivers-2.4/drivers/net/e1000.new/e1000_main.c 2004-12-06 08:43:12.534245272 -0800
@@ -2147,6 +2147,9 @@ e1000_clean(struct net_device *netdev, i
int tx_cleaned;
int work_done = 0;
+ if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
+ goto quit_polling;
+
tx_cleaned = e1000_clean_tx_irq(adapter);
e1000_clean_rx_irq(adapter, &work_done, work_to_do);
@@ -2156,7 +2159,7 @@ e1000_clean(struct net_device *netdev, i
/* if no Rx and Tx cleanup work was done, exit the polling mode */
if(!tx_cleaned || (work_done < work_to_do) ||
!netif_running(netdev)) {
- netif_rx_complete(netdev);
+quit_polling: netif_rx_complete(netdev);
e1000_irq_enable(adapter);
return 0;
}