Thanks Phil, for identifying the issues. > - ret = lan78xx_reset(dev); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto done; > - > phy_start(net->phydev); > > netif_dbg(dev, ifup, dev->net, "phy initialised successfully"); > -- You may need to start the interrupts before "phy_start" instead of suppressing call to "lan78xx_reset". + if (dev->domain_data.phyirq > 0) + phy_start_interrupts(dev->net->phydev); - Nisar -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html