The ag71xx debugfs code uses the network device name
for the device specific debugfs directory. Since r38689
'ar71xx: ag71xx: fix a race involving netdev registration'
the debugfs initialization happens before the ethernet
device gets registered and the network device name contains
'eth%d' at this point. If the board setup code registers
multiple ag71xx devices, the debugfs code tries to create
the device specific dir with the same name which causes
an error like this:
eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xba000000, irq 5, mode:GMII
ag71xx ag71xx.0: connected to PHY at ag71xx-mdio.1:04 [uid=004dd041, driver=Generic PHY]
ag71xx: probe of ag71xx.0 failed with error -12
Use the device name for the debugfs directory to avoid the
collisions. Also add an error message and change the return
code if the debugfs_create_dir call fails.
Reported-by: Ronald Wahl <ronald.wahl@raritan.com>
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
SVN-Revision: 39115
In particular, phy_connect before register_netdev. This is because
register_netdev runs the netdev notifiers, which can race with the rest of
the initialization in ag71xx_probe. In my case this manifested in two ways:
1) If ag71xx is compiled as a module and inserted after netifd has started,
netifd is notified by register_netdev before the call to
ag71xx_phy_connect. netifd tries to bring the interface up, which calls
ag71xx_open, which in turn enters ag71xx_phy_start. This keys off
ag->phy_dev (which is still NULL) and thinks this is a fixed-link board,
and enters ag71xx_link_adjust. This looks at ag->speed which is not yet
initialized and hits the BUG() in the switch (ag->speed) in
ag71xx_link_adjust.
This is the wrong code path for ag71xx_phy_start - my board has PHYs that
need to be brought up with phy_start. Doing ag71xx_phy_connect before
register_netdev ensures that ag->phy_dev is non-NULL before
ag71xx_phy_start is ever called.
2) When ag71xx is built into the kernel, and netconsole is enabled, there
is a gap in the initial burst of replayed printks right after the netdev
comes up. My assumption is that netconsole is also triggered by a netdev
notifier, and part of this printk burst happens before the call into
ag71xx_phy_connect, so part of the burst is lost while the PHY comes up.
This patch fixes the gap - all the printks before eth0 comes up are bursted
in full when netconsole initializes.
ag71xx_phy_connect_xxx no longer runs with a registered netdev, so the
logging has been adjusted accordingly to avoid "unregistered net_device" or
"eth%d" messages in dmesg.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Patulea <cat@vv.carleton.ca>
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
SVN-Revision: 38689
The mii_bus device is not required if phy_mask is zero.
The driver will use a fixed connection if it is not
specified.
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
SVN-Revision: 34849
