Hello Andy,
This patch (to 2.6.23.9) add a default return value EOPNOTSUPP to the ioctl
function. The problem with the always 0 return value is that the iwconfig
(wireless) tool found a valid device when an ethernet device uses the phy
abstraction layer.
I 've tetsted this with the macb driver.
Signed-off-by: Rini van Zetten <[email protected]>
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index cb230f4..c07460d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev,
&& phydev->drv->config_init)
phydev->drv->config_init(phydev);
break;
+ default:
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
return 0;
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