diff -Naurp keepalived-1.1.X-aloha-flx1.1/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_if.c keepalived-1.1.X-aloha-flx1.1-patch/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_if.c
--- keepalived-1.1.X-aloha-flx1.1/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_if.c	2011-02-01 16:31:52.000000000 +0100
+++ keepalived-1.1.X-aloha-flx1.1-patch/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_if.c	2011-02-01 16:40:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ dump_if(void *if_data_obj)
 	}
 
 	/* MII channel supported ? */
-	if (IF_MII_SUPPORTED(ifp))
-		log_message(LOG_INFO, " NIC support MII regs");
-	else if (IF_ETHTOOL_SUPPORTED(ifp))
+	if (IF_ETHTOOL_SUPPORTED(ifp))
 		log_message(LOG_INFO, " NIC support EHTTOOL GLINK interface");
+	else if (IF_MII_SUPPORTED(ifp))
+		log_message(LOG_INFO, " NIC support MII regs");
 	else
 		log_message(LOG_INFO, " Enabling NIC ioctl refresh polling");
 }
@@ -316,10 +316,10 @@ if_linkbeat_refresh_thread(thread * thre
 {
 	interface *ifp = THREAD_ARG(thread_obj);
 
-	if (IF_MII_SUPPORTED(ifp))
-		ifp->linkbeat = (if_mii_probe(ifp->ifname, 0)) ? 1 : 0;
-	else if (IF_ETHTOOL_SUPPORTED(ifp))
+	if (IF_ETHTOOL_SUPPORTED(ifp))
 		ifp->linkbeat = (if_ethtool_probe(ifp->ifname)) ? 1 : 0;
+	else if (IF_MII_SUPPORTED(ifp))
+		ifp->linkbeat = (if_mii_probe(ifp->ifname, 0)) ? 1 : 0;
 	else
 		ifp->linkbeat = 1;
 
@@ -344,14 +344,14 @@ init_if_linkbeat(void)
 	for (e = LIST_HEAD(if_queue); e; ELEMENT_NEXT(e)) {
 		ifp = ELEMENT_DATA(e);
 		ifp->lb_type = LB_IOCTL;
-		status = if_mii_probe(ifp->ifname, 1);
+		status = if_ethtool_probe(ifp->ifname);
 		if (status >= 0) {
-			ifp->lb_type = LB_MII;
+			ifp->lb_type = LB_ETHTOOL;
 			ifp->linkbeat = (status) ? 1 : 0;
 		} else {
-			status = if_ethtool_probe(ifp->ifname);
+		        status = if_mii_probe(ifp->ifname, 1);
 			if (status >= 0) {
-				ifp->lb_type = LB_ETHTOOL;
+				ifp->lb_type = LB_MII;
 				ifp->linkbeat = (status) ? 1 : 0;
 			}
 		}
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ if_linkbeat(const interface * ifp)
 	if (!data->linkbeat_use_polling)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (IF_MII_SUPPORTED(ifp) || IF_ETHTOOL_SUPPORTED(ifp))
+	if (IF_ETHTOOL_SUPPORTED(ifp) || IF_MII_SUPPORTED(ifp))
 		return IF_LINKBEAT(ifp);
 
 	return 1;