netdev - [net-next-2.6 PATCH 20/23] e1000e: do not error out on identification LED init failure

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Date:	Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:27:59 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 20/23] e1000e: do not error out on identification
	LED init failure

From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>

A failure to initialize the identification LED is not a fatal condition and
should allow the init path to continue.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c   |    5 ++---
 drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c  |    5 ++---
 drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c |    5 ++---
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
index c5dc1b3..474f4e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
@@ -948,10 +948,9 @@ static s32 e1000_init_hw_82571(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 
 	/* Initialize identification LED */
 	ret_val = e1000e_id_led_init(hw);
-	if (ret_val) {
+	if (ret_val)
 		e_dbg("Error initializing identification LED\n");
-		return ret_val;
-	}
+		/* This is not fatal and we should not stop init due to this */
 
 	/* Disabling VLAN filtering */
 	e_dbg("Initializing the IEEE VLAN\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
index 8a08956..6ba1228 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
@@ -803,10 +803,9 @@ static s32 e1000_init_hw_80003es2lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 
 	/* Initialize identification LED */
 	ret_val = e1000e_id_led_init(hw);
-	if (ret_val) {
+	if (ret_val)
 		e_dbg("Error initializing identification LED\n");
-		return ret_val;
-	}
+		/* This is not fatal and we should not stop init due to this */
 
 	/* Disabling VLAN filtering */
 	e_dbg("Initializing the IEEE VLAN\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index 2c1d08e..fe6dc3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -2722,10 +2722,9 @@ static s32 e1000_init_hw_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 
 	/* Initialize identification LED */
 	ret_val = mac->ops.id_led_init(hw);
-	if (ret_val) {
+	if (ret_val)
 		e_dbg("Error initializing identification LED\n");
-		return ret_val;
-	}
+		/* This is not fatal and we should not stop init due to this */
 
 	/* Setup the receive address. */
 	e1000e_init_rx_addrs(hw, mac->rar_entry_count);

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