fw_devlink.strict=1 has been enabled by default. This was delaying the probe of console devices. This series fixes that. Sasha/Peng, Can you test this please? -Saravana Cc: Sascha Hauer <sha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Saravana Kannan (2): driver core: fw_devlink: Allow firmware to mark devices as best effort of: base: Avoid console probe delay when fw_devlink.strict=1 drivers/base/core.c | 3 ++- drivers/of/base.c | 2 ++ include/linux/fwnode.h | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 2.37.0.rc0.161.g10f37bed90-goog