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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-12-03 07:53:39 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-12-03 07:53:39 +0100
commit44c94100b6fa83488337fe639eb7baba7dd93a91 (patch)
treeffc60bdfe3a3f2f20359d2a7df8389f3ecf51d82 /drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
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Merge 4.20-rc5 into usb-next
We need the USB fixes into usb-next. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index ab33d1777132..23ee3967c166 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -2197,6 +2197,14 @@ int phy_driver_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner)
new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.remove = phy_remove;
new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.owner = owner;
+ /* The following works around an issue where the PHY driver doesn't bind
+ * to the device, resulting in the genphy driver being used instead of
+ * the dedicated driver. The root cause of the issue isn't known yet
+ * and seems to be in the base driver core. Once this is fixed we may
+ * remove this workaround.
+ */
+ new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS;
+
retval = driver_register(&new_driver->mdiodrv.driver);
if (retval) {
pr_err("%s: Error %d in registering driver\n",