Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: don't bind genphy in phy_attach_direct if the specific driver defers probe

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 12:37:34 +0200

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 01:11:50PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 07:43:10AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > Wait, no, this should not be a "special" thing, and why would the list
> > of deferred probe show this?
> 
> Why as in why would it work/do what I want, or as in why would you want to do that?

Both!  :)

> > If a bus wants to have this type of "generic vs. specific" logic, then
> > it needs to handle it in the bus logic itself as that does NOT fit into
> > the normal driver model at all.  Don't try to get a "hint" of this by
> > messing with the probe function list.
> 
> Where and how? Do you have an example?

No I do not, sorry, most busses do not do this for obvious ordering /
loading / we are not that crazy reasons.

What is causing this all to suddenly break?  The devlink stuff?

thanks,

greg k-h