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Message-ID: <560E744E.4010502@baylibre.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:10:54 +0200
From: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] net: dsa: exit probe if no switch were found
On 10/01/2015 06:32 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 05:27:32PM +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>> On 09/30/2015 10:21 AM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>>> If no switch were found in dsa_setup_dst, return -ENODEV and
>>> exit the dsa_probe cleanly.
>
> ...
>
>> Couldn't we use the probe defer mechanism here ? (until complete rework is done)
>
> Hi Neil
>
> I was thinking the same last night. We know the switch should be
> there, otherwise it would not be in DT. So returning -EPROBE_DEFER
> would be valid.
>
> Andrew
>
Hi,
It makes sens but does a module insertion triggers the differed probe ?
I will still post this change in a next set of patch.
Neil
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