Re: [PATCH RFT 1/2] phylib: add device reset GPIO support

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Fri May 13 2016 - 00:07:27 EST


> >>+ gpiod = fwnode_get_named_gpiod(&child->fwnode, "reset-gpios");
> >>+ /* Deassert the reset signal */
> >>+ if (!IS_ERR(gpiod))
> >>+ gpiod_direction_output(gpiod, 0);
> >
> >This is wrong I think. You must only ignore -ENODEV, all other error
>
> At least -ENOSYS should also be ignored (it's returned when
> gpiolib is not configured), right? When does -ENODEV gets returned
> (it's not easy to follow)?
>
> >codes should be passed to the caller.
>
> The caller doesn't care anyway...

It should do. What if fwnode_get_named_gpiod() returns -EPROBE_DEFER
because the GPIO driver has not been loaded yet?

Andrew