This can be triggered when the platform configuration (platform_data or
Device Tree) indicates there should be a PHY device at this address, but
the HW is non-responsive, such that we cannot attach a PHY device at
this specific location.
Fix this by checking the return value prior to calling
phy_connect_direct().
CC: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Fixes: b31f65fb4383 ("net: dsa: slave: Fix autoneg for phys on switch MDIO bus") Reported-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrey Volkov <andrey.volkov@nexvision.fr> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>