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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
index 420949cc55aa..6bef04e2f735 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, int location)
HZ / 100);
ret = bcmgenet_umac_readl(priv, UMAC_MDIO_CMD);
- if (ret & MDIO_READ_FAIL)
+ /* Some broken devices are known not to release the line during
+ * turn-around, e.g: Broadcom BCM53125 external switches, so check for
+ * that condition here and ignore the MDIO controller read failure
+ * indication.
+ */
+ if (!(bus->phy_ignore_ta_mask & 1 << phy_id) && (ret & MDIO_READ_FAIL))
return -EIO;
return ret & 0xffff;