o Poll for the link events only if firmware doesn't have capability
  to notify the driver for the link events.
Signed-off-by: Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
        if (test_bit(__NX_RESETTING, &adapter->state))
                goto reschedule;
 
-       if (test_bit(__NX_DEV_UP, &adapter->state)) {
+       if (test_bit(__NX_DEV_UP, &adapter->state) &&
+           !(adapter->capabilities & NX_FW_CAPABILITY_LINK_NOTIFICATION)) {
                if (!adapter->has_link_events) {
 
                        netxen_nic_handle_phy_intr(adapter);