This patch allows to create PHYs from DT in case if they are explicitly defined. The of_mdiobus_register() is used for such purposes. For backward compatibility, call of_mdiobus_register() only in case if at least one PHY's child is defined in DT, otherwise rollback to mdiobus_register(). Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c index 735dc53..22d3dab 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #include <linux/davinci_emac.h> #include <linux/of.h> #include <linux/of_device.h> +#include <linux/of_mdio.h> #include <linux/pinctrl/consumer.h> /* @@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ struct davinci_mdio_data { struct mii_bus *bus; bool suspended; unsigned long access_time; /* jiffies */ + bool skip_scan; }; static void __davinci_mdio_reset(struct davinci_mdio_data *data) @@ -144,6 +146,9 @@ static int davinci_mdio_reset(struct mii_bus *bus) dev_info(data->dev, "davinci mdio revision %d.%d\n", (ver >> 8) & 0xff, ver & 0xff); + if (data->skip_scan) + return 0; + /* get phy mask from the alive register */ phy_mask = __raw_readl(&data->regs->alive); if (phy_mask) { @@ -369,8 +374,17 @@ static int davinci_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto bail_out; } - /* register the mii bus */ - ret = mdiobus_register(data->bus); + /* register the mii bus + * Create PHYs from DT only in case if PHY child nodes are explicitly + * defined to support backward compatibility with DTs which assume that + * Davinci MDIO will always scan the bus for PHYs detection. + */ + if (dev->of_node && of_get_child_count(dev->of_node)) { + data->skip_scan = true; + ret = of_mdiobus_register(data->bus, dev->of_node); + } else { + ret = mdiobus_register(data->bus); + } if (ret) goto bail_out; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html