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Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:45:45 -0600
From:   Marty Plummer <netz.kernel@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, salil.mehta@...wei.com
Subject: net: hix5hd2_gmac uninitialized net_device

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 01:41:18AM -0600, Marty Plummer wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I think I may have found a bug with the hix5hd2_gmac driver; unless I'm
> missing something, it appears that somehow the net_device struct is not
> being initialized properly in the hix5hd2_dev_probe function.
> 
> Having set up my devicetree properly (I hope, still new to this), I first
> recieved an error when inserting the module:
> "(unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): No irq resource"
> while I very clearly have the interrupts property defined within this node.
> 
> Removing the phy-handle node for testing purposes, I get a similar message:
> "(unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): not find phy-handle"
> 
> So, it seams to my (admittedly inexperienced) mind that the ndev pointer is
> not being initialized properly, or that the error checking at line 1111
> is not functioning properly either, for it to have gotten so far along
> into the function, only to fail at the attempt to access the ndev pointer.
> 
> If you require more information from me, please let me know.
> 
> Marty

Sorry, forgot the subject. Still getting the hang of mutt.