Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:20:34 +0100 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: Issue with RTL8111 NIC after upgrade to kernel 4.19 |
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> request_module() is supposed to be synchronous, however after some > reading this may not be 100% guaranteed. Maybe the module init > function on some systems isn't finished yet when request_module() > returns. As a result the genphy driver may be used instead of > the PHY version-specific driver.
Hi Heiner
That would be true for all PHYs i think. We would of noticed this problem with other systems using other PHY drivers.
Andrew
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