netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] of: phy: Warn about unexpected fixed-links in of_mdiobus

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Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:31:03 +0200
From:   Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        mdf@...nel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Brad Mouring <brad.mouring@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] of: phy: Warn about unexpected fixed-links in
 of_mdiobus_register

On 08/20/2018 02:12 PM, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>  	/* Loop over the child nodes and register a phy_device for each phy */
>  	for_each_available_child_of_node(np, child) {
> +		if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) {
> +			/* fixed-links are handled in the MAC drivers */
> +			dev_warn(&mdio->dev, FW_BUG
> +				"Skipping unexpected fixed-link in device tree");
> +			continue;
> +		}
> +

This would emit the warning even for normal PHYs,
because of_phy_is_fixed_link looks up a child...

I will correct this in v3 along with any other potential suggestions.