From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37C28C43441 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:20:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD4D5214F1 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="FyMxmwYh" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org BD4D5214F1 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731233AbeKVG4c (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Nov 2018 01:56:32 -0500 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]:44655 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726210AbeKVG4c (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Nov 2018 01:56:32 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=NMi8JmbN2y/VCpdE/OVAx3JH65kMFkQHfJdtDh/coIc=; b=FyMxmwYhs6SKvvDEH0Wvc/208xbhihbP+uSVfNaMnLyEznPpPQZc266Ok/TBO8fsoo2UcJf1dB6Z5n9UQq8TC0viRLBYaPKJwt4Y1etEgg2cx+/LjWb2U/cJZCgD108PKaS9ojgoz2wgC47x1UvxGRJrA9hbmnaNOtFkHmqNbSA=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPYzC-0002oq-N2; Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:20:34 +0100 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:20:34 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Heiner Kallweit Cc: Norbert Jurkeit , nic_swsd@realtek.com, Florian Fainelli , davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, michael.wiktowy@gmail.com, jcline@redhat.com, marc.c.dionne@gmail.com Subject: Re: Issue with RTL8111 NIC after upgrade to kernel 4.19 Message-ID: <20181121202034.GA10697@lunn.ch> References: <38dad61b-bc7f-7038-6d1b-f5c4afe3841c@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <38dad61b-bc7f-7038-6d1b-f5c4afe3841c@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > request_module() is supposed to be synchronous, however after some > reading this may not be 100% guaranteed. Maybe the module init > function on some systems isn't finished yet when request_module() > returns. As a result the genphy driver may be used instead of > the PHY version-specific driver. Hi Heiner That would be true for all PHYs i think. We would of noticed this problem with other systems using other PHY drivers. Andrew