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Date:   Wed, 6 Apr 2022 22:35:24 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mdio: don't defer probe forever if PHY IRQ
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 07:23:24 +0200 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> separate patch that I can NAK as I do not understand why this is needed
> at all :)

Just in case you meant lack of context rather than the patch itself,
here's the original posting from lore:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220406202323.3390405-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com/

tl;dr we can fallback to polling if we can't get the IRQ, afaiu.