netdev - Re: [PATCH -next v3 2/2] smsc911x: Ignore error return from device_get_phy

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Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:25:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	linux@...ck-us.net
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, steve.glendinning@...well.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, jeremy.linton@....com, tony@...mide.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v3 2/2] smsc911x: Ignore error return from
 device_get_phy_mode()

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:27:05 -0700

> Commit 62ee783bf1f8 ("smsc911x: Fix crash seen if neither ACPI nor OF is
> configured or used") introduces an error check for the return value from
> device_get_phy_mode() and bails out if there is an error. Unfortunately,
> there are configurations where no phy is configured. Those configurations
> now fail.
> 
> To fix the problem, accept error returns from device_get_phy_mode(),
> and use the return value from device_property_read_u32() to determine
> if there is a suitable firmware interface to read the configuration.
> 
> Fixes: 62ee783bf1f8 ("smsc911x: Fix crash seen if neither ACPI nor OF is configured or used")
> Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Applied.
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