By default, mdiobus_alloc() sets the PHY's to polling mode, but a pointer size memcpy means that couple IRQs (depending on 32-bit or 64-bit kernels) end up being overwritten with a value of 0. This means that PHY_POLL is disabled and results in unpredictable behavior depending on the PHYs location on the mdio bus. Remove that memcpy and the now unused phy_irq member to force SMSC911x PHY's into polling mode 100% of the time.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.lin...@arm.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c index 8af2556..b5ab5e1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c @@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ struct smsc911x_data { struct phy_device *phy_dev; struct mii_bus *mii_bus; - int phy_irq[PHY_MAX_ADDR]; unsigned int using_extphy; int last_duplex; int last_carrier; @@ -1073,7 +1072,6 @@ static int smsc911x_mii_init(struct platform_device *pdev, pdata->mii_bus->priv = pdata; pdata->mii_bus->read = smsc911x_mii_read; pdata->mii_bus->write = smsc911x_mii_write; - memcpy(pdata->mii_bus->irq, pdata->phy_irq, sizeof(pdata->mii_bus)); pdata->mii_bus->parent = &pdev->dev; -- 2.5.5