netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: mdio: don't defer probe forever if PHY IRQ provider is missing

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Message-ID: <20220406223524.42fe2a8a@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 6 Apr 2022 22:35:24 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mdio: don't defer probe forever if PHY IRQ
 provider is missing

On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 07:23:24 +0200 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> separate patch that I can NAK as I do not understand why this is needed
> at all :)

Just in case you meant lack of context rather than the patch itself,
here's the original posting from lore:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220406202323.3390405-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com/

tl;dr we can fallback to polling if we can't get the IRQ, afaiu.