netdev - [PATCH net 3/3] bnxt_en: Failure to update PHY is not fatal condition.

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:43:21 -0500
From:	Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 3/3] bnxt_en: Failure to update PHY is not fatal condition.

From: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

If we fail to update the PHY, we should print a warning and continue.
The current code to exit is buggy as it has not freed up the NIC
resources yet.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 78f6b5a..8ab000d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -4642,7 +4642,7 @@ static int __bnxt_open_nic(struct bnxt *bp, bool irq_re_init, bool link_re_init)
 	if (link_re_init) {
 		rc = bnxt_update_phy_setting(bp);
 		if (rc)
-			goto open_err;
+			netdev_warn(bp->dev, "failed to update phy settings\n");
 	}

 	if (irq_re_init) {
-- 
1.8.3.1