Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: don't bind genphy in phy_attach_direct if the specific driver defers probe

Vladimir Oltean
2021-09-02T10:11:57Z

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 07:43:10AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Wait, no, this should not be a "special" thing, and why would the list
> of deferred probe show this?

Why as in why would it work/do what I want, or as in why would you want to do that?

> If a bus wants to have this type of "generic vs. specific" logic, then
> it needs to handle it in the bus logic itself as that does NOT fit into
> the normal driver model at all. Don't try to get a "hint" of this by
> messing with the probe function list.

Where and how? Do you have an example?