[PATCH 2/4] macb: register the phy after the macb is init

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Wed Feb 6 15:16:24 EST 2013


On 20:35 Wed 06 Feb     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 11:15:04AM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/macb.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
> > index 15b1e93..8eac4a8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/macb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
> > @@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ static int macb_probe(struct device_d *dev)
> >  
> >  	macb_writel(macb, NCFGR, ncfgr);
> >  
> > -	mdiobus_register(&macb->miibus);
> >  	eth_register(edev);
> > +	mdiobus_register(&macb->miibus);
> 
> Why?
> 
> Most other drivers do it the other way round and you do not provide
> information why this is done.
because the is not ready

as we init it as _init which is done during the eth_register

Best Regards,
J.
> 
> Sascha
> 
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