Index: if_dc.c
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/dev/dc/if_dc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.176
diff -u -r1.176 if_dc.c
--- if_dc.c	5 Dec 2005 12:32:20 -0000	1.176
+++ if_dc.c	27 Dec 2005 00:10:54 -0000
@@ -3138,8 +3138,9 @@
 	/* Disable interrupts. */
 	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, DC_IMR, 0x00000000);
 
-	while (((status = CSR_READ_4(sc, DC_ISR)) & DC_INTRS)
-	      && status != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+	while (((status = CSR_READ_4(sc, DC_ISR)) & DC_INTRS) &&
+	    status != 0xFFFFFFFF &&
+	    ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING) {
 
 		CSR_WRITE_4(sc, DC_ISR, status);