linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom-pmic-gpio: silence -EPROBE

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:01:19 +0200
From:   Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
To:     Brian Masney <bmasney@...hat.com>, andersson@...nel.org,
        linus.walleij@...aro.org
Cc:     agross@...nel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom-pmic-gpio: silence -EPROBE_DEFER message on
 probe

On 17.08.2023 16:59, Brian Masney wrote:
> The following message shows up one or more times when booting a Qualcomm
> SA8775 Development board:
> 
>     qcom-spmi-gpio c440000.spmi:pmic@2:gpio@...0: can't add gpio chip
> 
> Convert this over to use dev_err_probe() to silence this message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@...hat.com>
> ---
That looks odd, why would it ever defer?

SPMI should be up by the time it gets a chance to probe.

Konrad