--- linux-2.6.16.29-xen/drivers/net/via-rhine.c.orig	2006-12-11 10:26:46.941426072 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16.29-xen/drivers/net/via-rhine.c	2006-12-11 10:33:57.360728327 +0100
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
 
 static int debug = 1;	/* 1 normal messages, 0 quiet .. 7 verbose. */
 static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
+static int skip_powerstate_setting = 0;
 
 /* Set the copy breakpoint for the copy-only-tiny-frames scheme.
    Setting to > 1518 effectively disables this feature. */
@@ -217,9 +218,11 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VIA Rhine PCI Fast Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
+module_param(skip_powerstate_setting, int, 0);
 module_param(max_interrupt_work, int, 0);
 module_param(debug, int, 0);
 module_param(rx_copybreak, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(skip_powerstate_setting, "VIA Rhine does not send the card to powerstate D3 (sleep) if set to 1");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_interrupt_work, "VIA Rhine maximum events handled per interrupt");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "VIA Rhine debug level (0-7)");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_copybreak, "VIA Rhine copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames");
@@ -1971,7 +1974,8 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Hit power state D3 (sleep) */
-	iowrite8(ioread8(ioaddr + StickyHW) | 0x03, ioaddr + StickyHW);
+	if (!skip_powerstate_setting)
+		iowrite8(ioread8(ioaddr + StickyHW) | 0x03, ioaddr + StickyHW);
 
 	/* TODO: Check use of pci_enable_wake() */