diff -ruNb u-boot-original/common/miiphyutil.c u-boot-miifix/common/miiphyutil.c
--- u-boot-original/common/miiphyutil.c	2004-03-30 14:37:28.670930264 +0300
+++ u-boot-miifix/common/miiphyutil.c	2004-03-30 15:40:31.779810296 +0300
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@
 {
 	unsigned short reg;
 
+	/* dummy read; needed to latch some phys */
+	(void)miiphy_read(addr, PHY_BMSR, &reg);
 	if (miiphy_read (addr, PHY_BMSR, &reg)) {
 		puts ("PHY_BMSR read failed, assuming no link\n");
 		return (0);