Subject: Re: [net] 9dd6d07682: kernel_BUG_at_drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 01:03:32 +0200

>     phydev = dsa_port_get_phy_device(dp);
>     if (!phydev)
>           return 0;
> 
> I don't see how this method is sane either.

If i remember correctly, the thinking was, you can get away without
the PHY, at least during bring up of a new switch/board. So don't
consider this a fatal error. Now that it is fatal, in the sense of an
Opps, maybe we should change this.

      Andrew