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Message-ID: <56294202.5020507@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:07:30 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	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

Hello.

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...

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>                          Geert

MBR, Sergei

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