netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fix circular dependency in of

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:26:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	zonque@...il.com
Cc:	jeffm@...e.com, f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix circular dependency in of_mdio code

From: Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:10:31 +0200

> Commit 86f6cf4127 (net: of_mdio: add of_mdiobus_link_phydev()) introduced a
> circular dependency between libphy and of_mdio.
> 
> depmod: ERROR: <modroot>/kernel/drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko in
> dependency cycle!
> depmod: ERROR: <modroot>/kernel/drivers/of/of_mdio.ko in dependency cycle!
> 
> The problem is that of_mdio.c references &mdio_bus_type and libphy now
> references of_mdiobus_link_phydev.
> 
> Fix this by not exporting of_mdiobus_link_phydev() from of_mdio.ko.
> Make it a static function in mdio_bus.c instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
> Fixes: 86f6cf4127 (net: of_mdio: add of_mdiobus_link_phydev())

Applied, thank you.
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