netdev - Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: repair "fixed-link" support

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Date:   Fri, 9 Oct 2020 11:40:24 +0200
From:   Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: repair "fixed-link" support

Hello Greg, Dave and all,

the below patch is still applicable as-is, would you please re-consider it now,
as the driver has been undeleted?

On 08/01/2020 17:09, Alexander X Sverdlin wrote:
> From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
> 
> The PHYs must be registered once in device probe function, not in device
> open callback because it's only possible to register them once.
> 
> Fixes: a25e278020 ("staging: octeon: support fixed-link phys")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c |  6 ------
>  drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c      | 11 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
> index c798672..d81bddf 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
> @@ -147,12 +147,6 @@ int cvm_oct_phy_setup_device(struct net_device *dev)
>  
>  	phy_node = of_parse_phandle(priv->of_node, "phy-handle", 0);
>  	if (!phy_node && of_phy_is_fixed_link(priv->of_node)) {
> -		int rc;
> -
> -		rc = of_phy_register_fixed_link(priv->of_node);
> -		if (rc)
> -			return rc;
> -
>  		phy_node = of_node_get(priv->of_node);
>  	}
>  	if (!phy_node)
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
> index f42c381..241a1db 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>  #include <linux/phy.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/interrupt.h>
> +#include <linux/of_mdio.h>
>  #include <linux/of_net.h>
>  #include <linux/if_ether.h>
>  #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
> @@ -894,6 +895,16 @@ static int cvm_oct_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  				break;
>  			}
>  
> +			if (priv->of_node &&
> +			    of_phy_is_fixed_link(priv->of_node)) {
> +				r = of_phy_register_fixed_link(priv->of_node);
> +				if (r) {
> +					netdev_err(dev, "Failed to register fixed link for interface %d, port %d\n",
> +						   interface, priv->ipd_port);
> +					dev->netdev_ops = NULL;
> +				}
> +			}
> +
>  			if (!dev->netdev_ops) {
>  				free_netdev(dev);
>  			} else if (register_netdev(dev) < 0) {
> 

-- 
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.