netdev - Re: tg3 and Broadcom PHY driver

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:52:54 +0200
From:	Felix Radensky <felix@...edded-sol.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	mcarlson@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tg3 and Broadcom PHY driver

Hi, David
David Miller wrote:
> From: Felix Radensky <felix@...edded-sol.com>
> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:53:15 +0200
>
>   
>> Hi, Matt
>>
>> Matt Carlson wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 02:32:18PM -0700, Felix Radensky wrote:
>>>   
>>> Is the broadcom module also compiled into the kernel?
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yes.
>>     
>
> I bet this is all because the tg3 driver is linked into the kernel
> before the PHY layer and drivers subdirectory or something like that.
>
> Link order determines the order in which built-in initializations
> occur (within the same init type).
>   

Yes, moving CONFIG_TIGON3 right after CONFIG_PHYLIB in drivers/net/Makefile
fixes the problem for me.

Thanks a lot.

Felix.

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