[...]
>  static int airoha_alloc_gdm_port(struct airoha_eth *eth,
>  				 struct device_node *np, int index)
>  {
> @@ -2931,19 +2995,30 @@ static int airoha_alloc_gdm_port(struct airoha_eth *eth,
>  	port->id = id;
>  	eth->ports[p] = port;
>  
> -	err = airoha_metadata_dst_alloc(port);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> +	return airoha_metadata_dst_alloc(port);
> +}
>  
> -	err = register_netdev(dev);
> -	if (err)
> -		goto free_metadata_dst;
> +static int airoha_register_gdm_ports(struct airoha_eth *eth)
> +{
> +	int i;
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->ports); i++) {
> +		struct airoha_gdm_port *port = eth->ports[i];
> +		int err;
>  
> -free_metadata_dst:
> -	airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
> -	return err;
> +		if (!port)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		err = airoha_setup_phylink(port->dev);
> +		if (err)
> +			return err;
> +
> +		err = register_netdev(port->dev);
> +		if (err)
> +			return err;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> @@ -3034,6 +3109,10 @@ static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	err = airoha_register_gdm_ports(eth);

is there any specific reason we need to alloc all netdevs before registering
the given phylink? I guess you can just do it in airoha_alloc_gdm_port(),
right?

Regards,
Lorenzo

> +	if (err)
> +		goto error_napi_stop;
> +
>  	return 0;
>  
>  error_napi_stop:
> @@ -3047,10 +3126,14 @@ static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->ports); i++) {
>  		struct airoha_gdm_port *port = eth->ports[i];
>  
> -		if (port && port->dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) {
> +		if (!port)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (port->dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) {
>  			unregister_netdev(port->dev);
> -			airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
> +			phylink_destroy(port->phylink);
>  		}
> +		airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
>  	}
>  	free_netdev(eth->napi_dev);
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
> @@ -3076,6 +3159,7 @@ static void airoha_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  		airoha_dev_stop(port->dev);
>  		unregister_netdev(port->dev);
> +		phylink_destroy(port->phylink);
>  		airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
>  	}
>  	free_netdev(eth->napi_dev);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
> index eb27a4ff5198..c144c1ece23b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
> @@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ struct airoha_gdm_port {
>  	struct net_device *dev;
>  	int id;
>  
> +	struct phylink *phylink;
> +	struct phylink_config phylink_config;
> +
>  	struct airoha_hw_stats stats;
>  
>  	DECLARE_BITMAP(qos_sq_bmap, AIROHA_NUM_QOS_CHANNELS);
> -- 
> 2.51.0
>