Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] net: dsa: exit probe if no switch were found

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:32:57 +0200

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.

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> 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