On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 09:29:26PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> As soon as the netdev is registers, the kernel can start using the
> interface. If the driver connects the MAC to the PHY after the netdev
> is registered, there is a race condition where the interface can be
> opened without having the PHY connected.
>
> Change the order to close this race condition.
>
> Fixes: 92571a1aae40 ("lan78xx: Connect phy early")
> Reported-by: Daniel Wagner <dwag...@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch>
Tested-by: Daniel Wagner <dwag...@suse.de>
Thanks for the fix!
Daniel
