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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS 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 C6679C433E0 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:38:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94BF62075B for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:38:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1594031897; bh=h5TXX6vjBsQwJbZ4vh38iLP1VgHYe6MmQWYNUnq/WcI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=WpJkmz5QlG9/MqeQ2r8Za5nQiOhfZtOpue4eN2WLtTOHkUAhetF/GaWJuv5BM+O9a Z1XgkEi1FZ33ImDgwt3U1XSdAfwGabbnuseqAUT29v5N5gUrQ4gA2msTaMw4h9anSm IjmD206Umg74nD5X08kSj//XDJn4+uWByPgSPJzc= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728930AbgGFKiQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2020 06:38:16 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:53012 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728575AbgGFKiQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2020 06:38:16 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8223B2070B; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:38:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1594031895; bh=h5TXX6vjBsQwJbZ4vh38iLP1VgHYe6MmQWYNUnq/WcI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=F74LoH7baSKWcHF2GGEvmZBeB7PsVnPifoM9M6fg0d8UgPWEuHrrX1dQtnipUidfu sVXfNWHxvE0Y5jXb6ijtLCSpRSzTA+zpQdcQyCEGzmtIg8sDAVT+S6oTKKsF/szX16 TJpCMzBkcO2nCFY73414vWqm17CAPQp/eHl5r/RY= Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 12:38:12 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Andrew Lunn Cc: David Miller , netdev , Florian Fainelli , Heiner Kallweit , Sunil Goutham , Robert Richter , Chris Packham Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] net: phy: mdio-octeon: Cleanup module loading dependencies Message-ID: <20200706103812.GA11800@kroah.com> References: <20200705182921.887441-1-andrew@lunn.ch> <20200705182921.887441-8-andrew@lunn.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200705182921.887441-8-andrew@lunn.ch> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 08:29:21PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: > To ensure that the octoen MDIO driver has been loaded, the Cavium > ethernet drivers reference a dummy symbol in the MDIO driver. This > forces it to be loaded first. And this symbol has not been cleanly > implemented, resulting in warnings when build W=1 C=1. > > Since device tree is being used, and a phandle points to the PHY on > the MDIO bus, we can make use of deferred probing. If the PHY fails to > connect, it should be because the MDIO bus driver has not loaded > yet. Return -EPROBE_DEFER so it will be tried again later. > > Cc: Sunil Goutham > Cc: Robert Richter > Cc: Chris Packham > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman