From: Steffen Klassert <klassert@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>

Set the polling interval for media changes to 5 seconds if link is down and
60 seconds if link is up.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <klassert@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---

 drivers/net/3c59x.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff -puN drivers/net/3c59x.c~3c59x-decrease-polling-intervall drivers/net/3c59x.c
--- devel/drivers/net/3c59x.c~3c59x-decrease-polling-intervall	2006-02-08 15:50:04.000000000 -0800
+++ devel-akpm/drivers/net/3c59x.c	2006-02-08 15:50:04.000000000 -0800
@@ -1939,6 +1939,10 @@ vortex_timer(unsigned long data)
 				 dev->name, media_tbl[dev->if_port].name, media_status);
 		ok = 1;
 	}
+
+	if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+		next_tick = 5*HZ;
+
 	if ( ! ok) {
 		unsigned int config;
 
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