netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] sh_eth: Do not print an error message for probe deferral

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 11:21:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     geert+renesas@...der.be
Cc:     sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com,
        laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sh_eth: Do not print an error message for probe
 deferral

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 15:01:35 +0200

> EPROBE_DEFER is not an error, hence printing an error message like
> 
>     sh-eth ee700000.ethernet: failed to initialise MDIO
> 
> may confuse the user.
> 
> To fix this, suppress the error message in case of probe deferral.
> While at it, shorten the message, and add the actual error code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Applied.