On Tue 2016-12-27 22:42:36, Kweh, Hock Leong wrote: > From: "Kweh, Hock Leong" > > If kernel module stmmac driver being loaded after OS booted, there is a > race condition between stmmac_open() and stmmac_mdio_register(), which is > invoked inside stmmac_dvr_probe(), and the error is showed in dmesg log as > PHY not found and stmmac_open() failed: > [ 473.919358] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): > stmmac_dvr_probe: warning: cannot get CSR clock > [ 473.919382] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0: no reset control found > [ 473.919412] stmmac - user ID: 0x10, Synopsys ID: 0x42 > [ 473.919429] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0: DMA HW capability register supported > [ 473.919436] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0: RX Checksum Offload Engine supported > [ 473.919443] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0: TX Checksum insertion supported > [ 473.919451] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): > Enable RX Mitigation via HW Watchdog Timer > [ 473.921395] libphy: PHY stmmac-1:00 not found > [ 473.921417] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Could not attach to PHY > [ 473.921427] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 eth0: stmmac_open: Cannot attach to > PHY (error: -19) > [ 473.959710] libphy: stmmac: probed > [ 473.959724] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 eth0: PHY ID 01410cc2 at 0 IRQ POLL > (stmmac-1:00) active > [ 473.959728] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 eth0: PHY ID 01410cc2 at 1 IRQ POLL > (stmmac-1:01) > [ 473.959731] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 eth0: PHY ID 01410cc2 at 2 IRQ POLL > (stmmac-1:02) > [ 473.959734] stmmaceth 0000:01:00.0 eth0: PHY ID 01410cc2 at 3 IRQ POLL > (stmmac-1:03) > > The resolution moved the register_netdev() function call to the end of > stmmac_dvr_probe() after stmmac_mdio_register(). > > Suggested-by: Florian Fainelli > Signed-off-by: Kweh, Hock Leong Acked-by: Pavel Machek -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html