diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4d86aed5401d..e012585ec200 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8e0ae3d55a1daebc97ef2631b0cdf2cdef5572db
+refs/heads/master: 66a0cc1a02054a53ae8e6d1af0870d4ab799416d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x_adapter.h b/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x_adapter.h
index 78f2894d76e8..fabc2c593b3f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x_adapter.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x_adapter.h
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ struct et131x_adapter {
 	/* Flags that indicate current state of the adapter */
 	u32 flags;
 
+	/* local link state, to determine if a state change has occurred */
+	int link;
+
 	/* Configuration  */
 	u8 rom_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];