Hello Andrew,
Many thanks for your patch. I compiled the latest git kernel today and
the PA Semi PWRficient Gigabit Ethernet works with your patch.
Have a nice week!
Thanks,
Christian
On 04 February 2018 at 6:16PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 05:47:03PM +0100, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> The PA Semi PWRficient Gigabit Ethernet doesn't work anymore since
the first
>> networking updates [1] for the kernel 4.16.
>>
>> Error messages:
>>
>> [ 0.634241] libphy: pasemi gpio mdio bus: probed
>> [ 0.634749] pasemi gpio mdio bus: Cannot register as MDIO bus,
err -38
>
> -38 is ENOSYS.
>
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c 2018-02-03 17:34:46.973045321 +0100
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c 2018-02-04 11:03:14.909093360 +0100
>> @@ -47,41 +47,11 @@
>>
>> #include "mdio-boardinfo.h"
>>
>> -static int mdiobus_register_gpiod(struct mdio_device *mdiodev)
>> -{
>> - struct gpio_desc *gpiod = NULL;
>> -
>> - /* Deassert the optional reset signal */
>> - if (mdiodev->dev.of_node)
>> - gpiod = fwnode_get_named_gpiod(&mdiodev->dev.of_node->fwnode,
>> - "reset-gpios", 0, GPIOD_OUT_LOW,
>> - "PHY reset");
>
> So i think you don't have GPIOLIB enabled. Hence you are hitting
>
>
http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h#L470
>
> static inline
> struct gpio_desc *fwnode_get_named_gpiod(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> const char *propname, int index,
> enum gpiod_flags dflags,
> const char *label)
> {
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
> }
>
> So rather than just deleting all this code, breaking other platforms
> that need this gpio, lets try a real fix. Please try this. If it
> works, i will formally submit it.
>
> Andrew
>
> >From a4210ba306948497d7360927c1e532eb903c58b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch>
> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 11:09:20 -0600
> Subject: [PATCH] net: phy: Handle not having GPIO enabled in the kernel
>
> If CONFIG_GPIOLIB is disabled, fwnode_get_named_gpiod() becomes a stub
> function, which return -ENOSYS. Handle this in the same way as
> -ENOENT, i.e. assume there is no GPIO used to reset the PHYs.
>
> Reported-by: Christian Zigotzky <chzigot...@xenosoft.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch>
> ---
> drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> index 88272b3ac2e2..24b5511222c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ static int mdiobus_register_gpiod(struct
mdio_device *mdiodev)
> gpiod = fwnode_get_named_gpiod(&mdiodev->dev.of_node->fwnode,
> "reset-gpios", 0, GPIOD_OUT_LOW,
> "PHY reset");
> - if (PTR_ERR(gpiod) == -ENOENT)
> + if (PTR_ERR(gpiod) == -ENOENT ||
> + PTR_ERR(gpiod) == -ENOSYS)
> gpiod = NULL;
> else if (IS_ERR(gpiod))
> return PTR_ERR(gpiod);
