From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fat...@pengutronix.de>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:35:48 +0200

> commit 739de9a1563a ("net: macb: Reorganize macb_mii bringup") broke
> initializing macb on the EVB-KSZ9477 eval board.
> There, of_mdiobus_register was called even for the fixed-link representing
> the RGMII-link to the switch with the result that the driver attempts to
> enumerate PHYs on a non-existent MDIO bus:
> 
>       libphy: MACB_mii_bus: probed
>       mdio_bus f0028000.ethernet-ffffffff: fixed-link has invalid PHY address
>       mdio_bus f0028000.ethernet-ffffffff: scan phy fixed-link at address 0
>         [snip]
>       mdio_bus f0028000.ethernet-ffffffff: scan phy fixed-link at address 31
> 
> The "MDIO" bus registration succeeds regardless, having claimed the reset 
> GPIO,
> and calling of_phy_register_fixed_link later on fails because it tries
> to claim the same GPIO:
> 
>       macb f0028000.ethernet: broken fixed-link specification
> 
> Fix this by registering the fixed-link before calling mdiobus_register.
> 
> Fixes: 739de9a1563a ("net: macb: Reorganize macb_mii bringup")
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fat...@pengutronix.de>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

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