We may not always be able to resolve a correct phy_interface_t value before actually connecting to the PHY device, when that happens, just have phylink_connect_phy() utilize what the PHY device/driver provided.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c index 0a81c7ff51b5..8a30ea8873af 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c @@ -657,6 +657,12 @@ int phylink_connect_phy(struct phylink *pl, struct phy_device *phy) { int ret; + /* Use PHY device/driver interface */ + if (pl->link_interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA) { + pl->link_interface = phy->interface; + pl->link_config.interface = pl->link_interface; + } + ret = phy_attach_direct(pl->netdev, phy, 0, pl->link_interface); if (ret) return ret; -- 2.14.3