TSEC/MDIO bug in recent kernels

TSEC/MDIO bug in recent kernels

[Johns Daniel]

For those of you who are running into this error:
         24520:01 not found
         eth0: Could not attach to PHY
         IP-Config: Failed to open eth0
         IP-Config: Device `eth0' not found.

There is a bug in recent kernels. I found it in 2.6.28.7:
linux/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c.~1~:
for_each_compatible_node(np, "mdio", "gianfar");

Re: TSEC/MDIO bug in recent kernels

[Johns Daniel]

(I did not get to complete the message!)

For those of you who are running into this error:
        24520:01 not found
        eth0: Could not attach to PHY
        IP-Config: Failed to open eth0
        IP-Config: Device `eth0' not found.

There is a bug in recent kernels. I found it in 2.6.28.7:
        linux/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c:
for_each_compatible_node(np, "mdio", "gianfar");
should be:
        linux/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c:
for_each_compatible_node(np, "mdio", "gianfar")

Note that the semicolon should not be there!

-- Johns

Re: TSEC/MDIO bug in recent kernels

[Grant Likely]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Johns Daniel <johns.daniel@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> For those of you who are running into this error:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A024520:01 not found
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0eth0: Could not attach to PHY
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0IP-Config: Failed to open eth0
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0IP-Config: Device `eth0' not found.
>
> There is a bug in recent kernels. I found it in 2.6.28.7:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0linux/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c:
> for_each_compatible_node(np, "mdio", "gianfar");
> should be:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0linux/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c:
> for_each_compatible_node(np, "mdio", "gianfar")

This code is gone in what will become 2.6.29, but the fix can be
backported into the stable tree.  Do you want to generate and send the
patch (and get your name in the commit message)?  Send the patch to
afleming@freescale.com, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org and to
stable@kernel.org.  Make sure you specify that this is applicable for
2.6.28 only.

g.


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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.