netdev - Re: [PATCH net] r8169: load Realtek PHY driver module before r8169

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Date:   Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:41:05 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8169: load Realtek PHY driver module before r8169

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 21:49:09 +0100

> This soft dependency works around an issue where sometimes the genphy
> driver is used instead of the dedicated PHY driver. The root cause of
> the issue isn't clear yet. People reported the unloading/re-loading
> module r8169 helps, and also configuring this soft dependency in
> the modprobe config files. Important just seems to be that the
> realtek module is loaded before r8169.
> 
> Once this has been applied preliminary fix 38af4b903210 ("net: phy:
> add workaround for issue where PHY driver doesn't bind to the device")
> will be removed.
> 
> Fixes: f1e911d5d0df ("r8169: add basic phylib support")
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.