Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:5bc5:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id os5csp1688713pxb; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:59:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwZlNxhzB7/YQ3oP5iBG4fJEQNBJHa1greiTUqA3t8E5CWCJWxLz9t/fckLGkF0a+1f0Omf X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:7b9e:: with SMTP id ne30mr5525855ejc.76.1634907570481; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:59:30 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1634907570; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=SSk/DLA+WJguVu+zlOeDbQqqjZBw6BAA/Wy4ETiwOUPbglkoOAuPvmXMModf0Bpt+Y LcOyR+qfIlKnm5cokGaZoyE47T6ks+j+y+g/kP37xwg+fvxH82IrRXSM2lm2WI0XkPqV bWCj7DokPKY2kOJQkqcTXd9UgSMt+9Qlm349pZEpN8je7hELfo+FnYAToiXlmxYRpEfU uMSCVlcoZH9s4uOinazOlmAckbSs2gIWTfZO2j9JQbsNOMv+KhFQCj+iLc1+0SQBgazP jWiSkUtoAk+LXdtJs/34CFEuvunIds4DQpuhnMRAA1v+a54udwFRuM60LEsVxOSZdr1F QxZA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version :references:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:dkim-signature; bh=ngvl55BVglJNfhG958B3E7zNuug8mH7+G2ICcfvX7Gw=; b=oudRWMnsXlZBI+ISua5n8CKSBmHp+juGks9BuQGEhX82NL9YfLMjw2yKpSFxMfUQUf L5SHsv//eXvSE1YOncVzcuNiUZrLBgjGkC9V95YXMtTpbB4vNGovK71naHxN8UlgsbrU 8dmyBjCWl4akt3SdxD40KKLFJvXwHTkcnoI9/lyBC28IOIFV98Lav0CTB0rWegAQQzdA ffomS5FRTsniIchHRqgXXOr4XRZCyD5juIujSadRWdPFzgjRzB9P7PgUDRoKq7gcyuSs Cs61i4eKvMwldFUEeLGoImqMaZ9EO/JB3DoCALthTlSPZ8vpjSGiABMMCKbBubgHNQ7u /hmw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@lunn.ch header.s=20171124 header.b="m8n+Xy/2"; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i5si4294362edx.608.2021.10.22.05.59.05; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@lunn.ch header.s=20171124 header.b="m8n+Xy/2"; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231928AbhJVM7O (ORCPT + 99 others); Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:59:14 -0400 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]:52396 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231356AbhJVM7O (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:59:14 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=ngvl55BVglJNfhG958B3E7zNuug8mH7+G2ICcfvX7Gw=; b=m8n+Xy/27I0SjdMX3bXR9Mq27V S83w6VQc3m/3YsSeDBP6IT0kuKQbasOGmV6C1tEtbYc9EbIM1v6SHeh1BjBbtUhaUhE/61zs00sSL UbZD0sz5aj1MXSGCNK8N61fSkHDjkmvo6XZPRdKXHZA69FFcrZczl9du8F2FBSI59otc=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mdu6N-00BNvh-55; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:56:51 +0200 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:56:51 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Matthias Schiffer Cc: Joakim Zhang , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: defer probe if PHY on external MDIO bus is not available Message-ID: References: <20211014113043.3518-1-matthias.schiffer@ew.tq-group.com> <7a478c1f25d2ea96ff09cee77d648e9c63b97dcf.camel@ew.tq-group.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7a478c1f25d2ea96ff09cee77d648e9c63b97dcf.camel@ew.tq-group.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Hmm, lots of network drivers? I tried to find an example, but all > drivers that generate -EPROBE_DEFER for missing PHYs at all don't have > an internal MDIO bus and thus avoid the circular dependency. Try drivers/net/dsa. These often have mdio busses which get registered and then unregistered. There are also IRQ drivers which do the same. Andrew