@@ -1930,6 +1930,14 @@ int phy_driver_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner)
new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.remove = phy_remove;
new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.owner = owner;
+ /* The following works around an issue where the PHY driver doesn't bind
+ * to the device, resulting in the genphy driver being used instead of
+ * the dedicated driver. The root cause of the issue isn't known yet
+ * and seems to be in the base driver core. Once this is fixed we may
+ * remove this workaround.
+ */
+ new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS;
+
retval = driver_register(&new_driver->mdiodrv.driver);
if (retval) {
pr_err("%s: Error %d in registering driver\n",