+static int ave_mdio_busywait(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	int ret = 1, loop = 100;
+	u32 mdiosr;
+
+	/* wait until completion */
+	while (1) {
+		mdiosr = ave_r32(ndev, AVE_MDIOSR);
+		if (!(mdiosr & AVE_MDIOSR_STS))
+			break;
+
+		usleep_range(10, 20);
+		if (!loop--) {
+			netdev_err(ndev,
+				   "failed to read from MDIO (status:0x%08x)\n",
+				   mdiosr);
+			ret = 0;

ETIMEDOUT would be better.

+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;

and then return 0 on success. That is the normal convention for return
values. An error code, and 0.

+static int ave_mdiobus_write(struct mii_bus *bus,
+			     int phyid, int regnum, u16 val)
+{
+	struct net_device *ndev = bus->priv;
+	u32 mdioctl;
+
+	/* write address */
+	ave_w32(ndev, AVE_MDIOAR, (phyid << 8) | regnum);
+
+	/* write data */
+	ave_w32(ndev, AVE_MDIOWDR, val);
+
+	/* write request */
+	mdioctl = ave_r32(ndev, AVE_MDIOCTR);
+	ave_w32(ndev, AVE_MDIOCTR, mdioctl | AVE_MDIOCTR_WREQ);
+
+	if (!ave_mdio_busywait(ndev)) {
+		netdev_err(ndev, "phy-%d reg-%x write failed\n",
+			   phyid, regnum);
+		return -1;

If ave_mdio_busywait() returns ETIMEDOUT, you can just return
it. Returning -1 is not good.

+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t ave_interrupt(int irq, void *netdev)
+{
+	struct net_device *ndev = (struct net_device *)netdev;
+	struct ave_private *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	u32 gimr_val, gisr_val;
+
+	gimr_val = ave_irq_disable_all(ndev);
+
+	/* get interrupt status */
+	gisr_val = ave_r32(ndev, AVE_GISR);
+
+	/* PHY */
+	if (gisr_val & AVE_GI_PHY) {
+		ave_w32(ndev, AVE_GISR, AVE_GI_PHY);
+		if (priv->internal_phy_interrupt)
+			phy_mac_interrupt(ndev->phydev, ndev->phydev->link);

Humm. I don't think this is correct. You are supposed to give it the
new link state, not the old.

What does a PHY interrupt mean here? 

+static void ave_adjust_link(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	struct ave_private *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	struct phy_device *phydev = ndev->phydev;
+	u32 val, txcr, rxcr, rxcr_org;
+
+	/* set RGMII speed */
+	val = ave_r32(ndev, AVE_TXCR);
+	val &= ~(AVE_TXCR_TXSPD_100 | AVE_TXCR_TXSPD_1G);
+
+	if (priv->phy_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII &&
+	    phydev->speed == SPEED_1000)

phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii(), so that you handle all the RGMII modes.

+		val |= AVE_TXCR_TXSPD_1G;
+	else if (phydev->speed == SPEED_100)
+		val |= AVE_TXCR_TXSPD_100;
+
+	ave_w32(ndev, AVE_TXCR, val);
+
+	/* set RMII speed (100M/10M only) */
+	if (priv->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII) {

Not so safe. It would be better to check for the modes you actually
support.

+	if (phydev->link)
+		netif_carrier_on(ndev);
+	else
+		netif_carrier_off(ndev);

I don't think you need this. The phylib should do it for you.

+
+	phy_print_status(phydev);
+}
+
+static int ave_init(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	struct ave_private *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	struct device *dev = ndev->dev.parent;
+	struct device_node *phy_node, *np = dev->of_node;
+	struct phy_device *phydev;
+	const void *mac_addr;
+	u32 supported;
+
+	/* get mac address */
+	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
+	if (mac_addr)
+		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
+
+	/* if the mac address is invalid, use random mac address */
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
+		dev_warn(dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
+			 ndev->dev_addr);
+	}
+
+	/* attach PHY with MAC */
+	phy_node =  of_get_next_available_child(np, NULL);

???

Should this not be looking for a phy-handle property?
Documentation/devicetree/binds/net/ethernet.txt:

- phy-handle: phandle, specifies a reference to a node representing a PHY
  device; this property is described in the Devicetree Specification and so
  preferred;

+	phydev = of_phy_connect(ndev, phy_node,
+				ave_adjust_link, 0, priv->phy_mode);
+	if (!phydev) {
+		dev_err(dev, "could not attach to PHY\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	of_node_put(phy_node);
+
+	priv->phydev = phydev;
+	phydev->autoneg = AUTONEG_ENABLE;
+	phydev->speed = 0;
+	phydev->duplex = 0;

And this should not be needed.

+
+	dev_info(dev, "connected to %s phy with id 0x%x\n",
+		 phydev->drv->name, phydev->phy_id);

phy_attached_info()

+
+	if (priv->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII) {

Same comment as above.

+		supported = phydev->supported;
+		phydev->supported &= ~PHY_GBIT_FEATURES;
+		phydev->supported |= supported & PHY_BASIC_FEATURES;
+	}
+
+	/* PHY interrupt stop instruction is needed because the interrupt
+	 * continues to assert.
+	 */
+	phy_stop_interrupts(phydev);

Could you explain this some more? It sounds like your interrupt
controller is broken.

+
+	/* When PHY driver can't handle its interrupt directly,
+	 * interrupt request always fails and polling method is used
+	 * alternatively. In this case, the libphy says
+	 * "libphy: uniphier-mdio: Can't get IRQ -1 (PHY)".
+	 */
+	phy_start_interrupts(phydev);

-1 is PHY_POLL. So calling phy_start_interrupts() is wrong. In fact,
you should not be calling phy_start_interrupts() at all. No other
Ethernet driver does.

+
+	phy_start_aneg(phydev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ave_uninit(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	struct ave_private *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+
+	phy_stop_interrupts(priv->phydev);

And no other Ethernet driver calls phy_stop_interrupts either.
Please take a look at this.

+	phy_disconnect(priv->phydev);
+}
+

  Andrew