linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 4/4] net: axienet: Split into MAC and MDIO drivers

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Message-ID: <16ebbe27-8256-4bbf-ad0a-96d25a3110b2@lunn.ch>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:33:05 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...ux.dev>
Cc: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@....com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>,
	Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
	Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 4/4] net: axienet: Split into MAC and MDIO drivers

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 04:05:37PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> Returning EPROBE_DEFER after probing a bus may result in an infinite
> probe loop if the EPROBE_DEFER error is never resolved.

That sounds like a core problem. I also thought there was a time
limit, how long the system will repeat probes for drivers which defer.

This seems like the wrong fix to me.

	Andrew