netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] lan78xx: Lan7801 Support for Fixed PHY

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Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:05:04 +0000
From:   <RaghuramChary.Jallipalli@...rochip.com>
To:     <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>, <Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] lan78xx: Lan7801 Support for Fixed PHY

Hi Florian,
> It still is completely unnecessary, you can do something like the following:
> 
> 	struct phy_device *phydev = netdev->phydev;
> 
> 	phy_disconnect(phydev);
> 	if (phy_is_pseudo_fixed_link(phydev))
> 		fixed_phy_unregister(phydev);
> 
> while netdev->phydev becomes NULL after phy_disconnect(), you retained
> a reference to the original PHY device before disconnecting, in order to
> unregister it. Can you see if that works?
> --
Done. Thanks.

Thanks,
Raghu