--- linux-2.6.3/drivers/net/sis900.c	2004-03-08 20:50:05.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.3-bc/drivers/net/sis900.c	2004-02-20 14:56:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
    preliminary Rev. 1.0 Jan. 18, 1998
    http://www.sis.com.tw/support/databook.htm
 
+               Jan.  7 2004 Grischa Jacobs - Skip mii's with MII_STAT_FAULT set
    Rev 1.08.07 Nov.  2 2003 Daniele Venzano <webvenza@libero.it> add suspend/resume support
    Rev 1.08.06 Sep. 24 2002 Mufasa Yang bug fix for Tx timeout & add SiS963 support
    Rev 1.08.05 Jun.  6 2002 Mufasa Yang bug fix for read_eeprom & Tx descriptor over-boundary
@@ -541,6 +542,10 @@
 			/* the mii is not accessible, try next one */
 			continue;
 		
+		if (mii_status & MII_STAT_FAULT)
+			/* ignore mii with the fault bit set */
+			continue;
+
 		if ((mii_phy = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mii_phy), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "Cannot allocate mem for struct mii_phy\n");
 			mii_phy = sis_priv->first_mii;