This workaround attempt helped for some but not all affected users.
With commit 
11287b693d03 ("r8169: load Realtek PHY driver module
before r8169") we have a better workaround now, so we an remove
the first attempt.
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
        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",