netdev - [PATCH 3/3] net: qcom/emac: add support for emulation systems

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:05:32 -0500
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     timur@...eaurora.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] net: qcom/emac: add support for emulation systems

On emulation systems, the EMAC's internal PHY ("SGMII") is not present,
but is not needed for network functionality.  So just display a warning
message and ignore the SGMII.

Tested-by: Philip Elcan <pelcan@...eaurora.org>
Tested-by: Adam Wallis <awallis@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-sgmii.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-sgmii.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-sgmii.c
index 18c184e..29ba37a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-sgmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-sgmii.c
@@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ static int emac_sgmii_acpi_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	{}
 };
 
+/* Dummy function for systems without an internal PHY. This avoids having
+ * to check for NULL pointers before calling the functions.
+ */
+static int emac_sgmii_dummy(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int emac_sgmii_config(struct platform_device *pdev, struct emac_adapter *adpt)
 {
 	struct platform_device *sgmii_pdev = NULL;
@@ -311,8 +319,19 @@ int emac_sgmii_config(struct platform_device *pdev, struct emac_adapter *adpt)
 					emac_sgmii_acpi_match);
 
 		if (!dev) {
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot find internal phy node\n");
-			return -ENODEV;
+			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "cannot find internal phy node\n");
+			/* There is typically no internal PHY on emulation
+			 * systems, so if we can't find the node, assume
+			 * we are on an emulation system and stub-out
+			 * support for the internal PHY.  These systems only
+			 * use ACPI.
+			 */
+			phy->open = emac_sgmii_dummy;
+			phy->close = emac_sgmii_dummy;
+			phy->link_up = emac_sgmii_dummy;
+			phy->link_down = emac_sgmii_dummy;
+
+			return 0;
 		}
 
 		sgmii_pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-- 
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