Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] net: dsa: rtl8366rb: Quick fix to work with fw_devlink=on

[Saravana Kannan]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 4:25 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 8/26/2021 9:45 AM, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > This is just a quick fix to make this driver work with fw_devlink=on.
> > The proper fix might need a significant amount of rework of the driver
> > of the framework to use a component device model.
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> > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c | 7 +++++++
> >   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c
> > index 8e49d4f85d48..f79c174f4954 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c
> > @@ -394,6 +394,13 @@ static int realtek_smi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >       var = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
> >       np = dev->of_node;
> >
> > +     /* This driver assumes the child PHYs would be probed successfully
> > +      * before this functions returns. That's not a valid assumption, but
> > +      * let fw_devlink know so that this driver continues to function with
> > +      * fw_devlink=on.
> > +      */
> > +     np->fwnode.flags |= FWNODE_FLAG_BROKEN_PARENT;
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> Are we positive this is not an issue that applies generally to all DSA
> drivers?

Possibly, but I don't know enough about that framework. Let me respond
to the email from Andrew[1] and give a summary there. We can go from
there.

[1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YSeTdb6DbHbBYabN@xxxxxxx/#t
-Saravana