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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 6e564d848469..44f559cf2629 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -999,10 +999,17 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
err = sysfs_create_link(&phydev->mdio.dev.kobj, &dev->dev.kobj,
"attached_dev");
if (!err) {
- err = sysfs_create_link(&dev->dev.kobj, &phydev->mdio.dev.kobj,
- "phydev");
- if (err)
- goto error;
+ err = sysfs_create_link_nowarn(&dev->dev.kobj,
+ &phydev->mdio.dev.kobj,
+ "phydev");
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(&dev->dev, "could not add device link to %s err %d\n",
+ kobject_name(&phydev->mdio.dev.kobj),
+ err);
+ /* non-fatal - some net drivers can use one netdevice
+ * with more then one phy
+ */
+ }
phydev->sysfs_links = true;
}