[PATCH net-next 0/3] r8169: handle firmware application errors

From: Matheus Alves de Almeida

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 11:33:31 EST


Propagate PHY read/write errors through the firmware interpreter and
release loaded firmware if application fails.

This resolves the existing TODO in r8169_apply_firmware().

Matheus Alves de Almeida (3):
r8169: propagate errors from PHY write operations
r8169: propagate firmware access errors
r8169: release firmware on application failure

drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_firmware.c | 15 ++++--
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_firmware.h | 4 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 50 +++++++++++--------
3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)


base-commit: 87b80c2f6b05cad9f0ff9136709c62a0f59923e3
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2.43.0