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@xxxxxxx> --- v3: move if after else v2: add an error print for the first change; the second place has some noise already generated by the existing code drivers/of/of_mdio.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c index 3481e69..a327be1 100644 --- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c +++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c @@ -231,7 +231,12 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np) rc = of_mdiobus_register_phy(mdio, child, addr); else rc = of_mdiobus_register_device(mdio, child, addr); - if (rc) + + if (rc == -ENODEV) + dev_err(&mdio->dev, + "MDIO device at address %d is missing.\n", + addr); + else if (rc) goto unregister; } @@ -255,7 +260,7 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np) if (of_mdiobus_child_is_phy(child)) { rc = of_mdiobus_register_phy(mdio, child, addr); - if (rc) + if (rc && rc != -ENODEV) goto unregister; } } -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html