netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: of_mdio: fix behavior on missing phy device

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Date:	Wed, 08 May 2013 13:14:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com
Cc:	grant.likely@...aro.org, rob.herring@...xeda.com,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: of_mdio: fix behavior on missing phy device

From: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  7 May 2013 11:49:31 +0200

> of_mdiobus_register creates a phy_device even if get_phy_device failed
> to create it previously. This causes indefinite polling on non-existent
> PHYs. This fix makes of_mdio_register rely on get_phy_device to
> properly create the device or fail otherwise.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>

Applied.
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