From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> commit 2e8c339b4946490a922a21aa8cd869c6cfad2023 upstream. On Android/x86 the module loading infrastructure can't deal with softdeps. Therefore the check for presence of the Realtek PHY driver module fails. mdiobus_register() will try to load the PHY driver module, therefore move the check to after this call and explicitly check that a dedicated PHY driver is bound to the PHY device. Fixes: f32593773549 ("r8169: check that Realtek PHY driver module is loaded") Reported-by: Chih-Wei Huang <cwhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -6903,6 +6903,13 @@ static int r8169_mdio_register(struct rt if (!tp->phydev) { mdiobus_unregister(new_bus); return -ENODEV; + } else if (!tp->phydev->drv) { + /* Most chip versions fail with the genphy driver. + * Therefore ensure that the dedicated PHY driver is loaded. + */ + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "realtek.ko not loaded, maybe it needs to be added to initramfs?\n"); + mdiobus_unregister(new_bus); + return -EUNATCH; } /* PHY will be woken up in rtl_open() */ @@ -7064,15 +7071,6 @@ static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev * int chipset, region; int jumbo_max, rc; - /* Some tools for creating an initramfs don't consider softdeps, then - * r8169.ko may be in initramfs, but realtek.ko not. Then the generic - * PHY driver is used that doesn't work with most chip versions. - */ - if (!driver_find("RTL8201CP Ethernet", &mdio_bus_type)) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "realtek.ko not loaded, maybe it needs to be added to initramfs?\n"); - return -ENOENT; - } - dev = devm_alloc_etherdev(&pdev->dev, sizeof (*tp)); if (!dev) return -ENOMEM;