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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c index a9bdafd15a35..791d99b9e1cf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -5285,6 +5285,13 @@ static int r8169_mdio_register(struct rtl8169_private *tp) if (!tp->phydev) { mdiobus_unregister(new_bus); return -ENODEV; + } else if (!tp->phydev->drv) { + /* Most chip versions fail with the genphy driver. + * Therefore ensure that the dedicated PHY driver is loaded. + */ + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "realtek.ko not loaded, maybe it needs to be added to initramfs?\n"); + mdiobus_unregister(new_bus); + return -EUNATCH; } /* PHY will be woken up in rtl_open() */ @@ -5446,15 +5453,6 @@ static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) int chipset, region; int jumbo_max, rc; - /* Some tools for creating an initramfs don't consider softdeps, then - * r8169.ko may be in initramfs, but realtek.ko not. Then the generic - * PHY driver is used that doesn't work with most chip versions. - */ - if (!driver_find("RTL8201CP Ethernet", &mdio_bus_type)) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "realtek.ko not loaded, maybe it needs to be added to initramfs?\n"); - return -ENOENT; - } - dev = devm_alloc_etherdev(&pdev->dev, sizeof (*tp)); if (!dev) return -ENOMEM; |