netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: If PHY doesn't have an interrupt then POLL

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:26:15 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, steve.glendinning@...well.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: If PHY doesn't have an interrupt then POLL

> 	This was DT as well with a recent fedora/NetworkManager. It
> actually seems to be timing related to how fast the device gets
> configured after the initial phy probe. There is something like a 1
> second window or so where it will work, but if network manager takes
> longer than that, the link state drops and cannot be brought back up
> unless the cable is pulled, replugged while the netdevice is being
> restarted.

Ah!

There is another bug in the driver. The phy is connected to the netdev
after calling register_netdev(). You are supposed to do it before,
because the interface is usable, and can be used, directly after the
register.

Move the call to smsc911x_mii_init() before the register_netdev().

     Andrew