netdev - Re: [PATCH net, v3] of_mdio: avoid MDIO bus removal when a PHY is missing

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Message-ID: <20180109135848.GC27447@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:58:48 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, geert+renesas@...der.be,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, frowand.list@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net, v3] of_mdio: avoid MDIO bus removal when a PHY is
 missing

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 02:43:34PM +0200, Madalin Bucur wrote:
> If one of the child devices is missing the of_mdiobus_register_phy()
> call will return -ENODEV. When a missing device is encountered the
> registration of the remaining PHYs is stopped and the MDIO bus will
> fail to register. Propagate all errors except ENODEV to avoid it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew