Re: [PATCH] net: usb: asix: ax88772_bind return error when hw_reset fail
From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jan 25 2019 - 01:33:44 EST
From: Zhang Run <zhang.run@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:48:49 +0800
> The ax88772_bind() should return error code immediately when the PHY
> was not reset properly through ax88772a_hw_reset().
> Otherwise, The asix_get_phyid() will block when get the PHY
> Identifier from the PHYSID1 MII registers through asix_mdio_read()
> due to the PHY isn't ready. Furthermore, it will produce a lot of
> error message cause system crash.As follows:
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write
> reg index 0x0000: -71
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to send
> software reset: ffffffb9
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write
> reg index 0x0000: -71
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to enable
> software MII access
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read
> reg index 0x0000: -71
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write
> reg index 0x0000: -71
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to enable
> software MII access
> asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read
> reg index 0x0000: -71
> ...
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Run <zhang.run@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Yang Wei <yang.wei9@xxxxxxxxxx>
Applied.