netdev - Re: of_mdiobus_register_phy() and deferred probe

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:38:33 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: of_mdiobus_register_phy() and deferred probe

Hi Sergei,

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:
> On 10/22/2015 04:31 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
>> Due to a probe deferral of an interrupt controller[1], the Micrel
>> Ethernet PHY on
>> r8a7791/koelsch started failing to get its IRQ:
>>
>>      no irq domain found for /interrupt-controller@...c0000 !
>>
>> However, of_mdiobus_register_phy() uses irq_of_parse_and_map(), which
>> plainly
>> ignores EPROBE_DEFER, and it just continues.
>>
>> Later I get:
>>
>>      sh-eth ee700000.ethernet eth0: attached PHY 1 (IRQ -1) to driver
>> Micrel KSZ8041RNLI
>>
>> instead of
>>
>>      sh-eth ee700000.ethernet eth0: attached PHY 1 (IRQ 408) to driver
>> Micrel KSZ8041RNLI
>>
>> Ethernet still works, as the interrupt seems to be unneeded(?).
>
>    Yes, the phylib uses PHY polling anyway, IRQ isn't strictly necessary.
>
>> Has anyone already looked into fixing of_mdio to handle deferred probing?
>
>    It's the first time I hear about that. Will have to look into this...

Thanks a lot!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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