netdev - [net-next PATCH] net: gemini: Try to register phy before netdev

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Date:   Sat,  5 Sep 2020 12:45:30 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: [net-next PATCH] net: gemini: Try to register phy before netdev

It's nice if the phy is online before we register the netdev
so try to do that first.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
index ffec0f3dd957..cf4dc6345f0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
@@ -2505,6 +2505,11 @@ static int gemini_ethernet_port_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto unprepare;
 
+	ret = gmac_setup_phy(netdev);
+	if (ret)
+		netdev_info(netdev,
+			    "PHY init failed, deferring to ifup time\n");
+
 	ret = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto unprepare;
@@ -2513,10 +2518,6 @@ static int gemini_ethernet_port_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		    "irq %d, DMA @ 0x%pap, GMAC @ 0x%pap\n",
 		    port->irq, &dmares->start,
 		    &gmacres->start);
-	ret = gmac_setup_phy(netdev);
-	if (ret)
-		netdev_info(netdev,
-			    "PHY init failed, deferring to ifup time\n");
 	return 0;
 
 unprepare:
-- 
2.26.2