[RFC PATCH net-next 01/12] net: mdio: mscc-miim: Fix the mdio controller

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Mon Sep 20 04:52:06 PDT 2021


On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 11:52:07AM +0200, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> According to the documentation the second resource is optional. But the
> blamed commit ignores that and if the resource is not there it just
> fails.
> 
> This patch reverts that to still allow the second resource to be
> optional because other SoC have the some MDIO controller and doesn't
> need to second resource.
> 
> Fixes: 672a1c394950 ("net: mdio: mscc-miim: Make use of the helper function devm_platform_ioremap_resource()")
> Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur at microchip.com>

Hi Moratiu

The script kiddies might come long and 'fix' this again. Maybe
consider adding devm_platform_ioremap_resource_optional(), following
the pattern of other _optional() API calls. Otherwise add a comment.

    Andrew



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