From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This reverts commit 85a19b0e31e256e77fd4124804b9cec10619de5e which is
commit f325937735498afb054a0195291bbf68d0b60be5 upstream.
Heiner writes:
commit 85a19b0e31e2 ("r8169: check that Realtek PHY driver
module is loaded") made it accidentally to 4.19 and causes an
issue with Android/x86. Could you please revert it?
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 9 ---------
1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -7433,15 +7433,6 @@ static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *
int chipset, region, i;
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;
