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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c index 2cfaa2270319..a887b685d070 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -6825,6 +6825,15 @@ static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) int chipset, region; int jumbo_max, rc; + /* Some tools for creating an initramfs don't consider softdeps, then + * r8169.ko may be in initramfs, but realtek.ko not. Then the generic + * PHY driver is used that doesn't work with most chip versions. + */ + if (!driver_find("RTL8201CP Ethernet", &mdio_bus_type)) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "realtek.ko not loaded, maybe it needs to be added to initramfs?\n"); + return -ENOENT; + } + dev = devm_alloc_etherdev(&pdev->dev, sizeof (*tp)); if (!dev) return -ENOMEM; |