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+From: Roman Kuzmitskii <damex.pp@icloud.com>
+Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] staging: octeon: sgmii to honor disabled dt node status
+
+With this patch, sgmii interface device tree node could be disabled and
+that disabled interface will not be unnecessarily initialized.
+
+It solves the problem with Octeon boards that have 8 sgmii or more ports
+initialized but have nothing connected to them.
+
+Tested-by: Johannes Kimmel <fff@bareminimum.eu>
+Signed-off-by: Roman Kuzmitskii <damex.pp@icloud.com>
+--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
++++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+@@ -884,8 +884,10 @@
+
+ case CVMX_HELPER_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII:
+ priv->phy_mode = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII;
+- dev->netdev_ops = &cvm_oct_sgmii_netdev_ops;
+- strscpy(dev->name, "eth%d", sizeof(dev->name));
++ if (of_device_is_available(priv->of_node)) {
++ dev->netdev_ops = &cvm_oct_sgmii_netdev_ops;
++ strscpy(dev->name, "eth%d", sizeof(dev->name));
++ }
+ break;
+
+ case CVMX_HELPER_INTERFACE_MODE_SPI: