[PATCH 1/2] net: phylink: add helper to initialize phylink's phydev

[Claudiu Beznea]

Add helper to initialize phydev embedded in a phylink object.

Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 10 ++++++++++
 include/linux/phylink.h   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 09cc65c0da93..1e2478b8cd5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -2541,6 +2541,16 @@ int phylink_ethtool_set_eee(struct phylink *pl, struct ethtool_eee *eee)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_ethtool_set_eee);
 
+/**
+ * phylink_init_phydev() - initialize phydev associated to phylink
+ * @pl: a pointer to a &struct phylink returned from phylink_create()
+ */
+int phylink_init_phydev(struct phylink *pl)
+{
+	return phy_init_hw(pl->phydev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_init_phydev);
+
 /* This emulates MII registers for a fixed-mode phy operating as per the
  * passed in state. "aneg" defines if we report negotiation is possible.
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index c492c26202b5..6a969aa75c7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ int phylink_ethtool_set_eee(struct phylink *, struct ethtool_eee *);
 int phylink_mii_ioctl(struct phylink *, struct ifreq *, int);
 int phylink_speed_down(struct phylink *pl, bool sync);
 int phylink_speed_up(struct phylink *pl);
+int phylink_init_phydev(struct phylink *pl);
 
 #define phylink_zero(bm) \
 	bitmap_zero(bm, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS)
-- 
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