Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v10 3/5] mei: gsc: setup char driver alive in spite of firmware handshake failure

[Ceraolo Spurio, Daniele]

On 3/8/2022 8:36 AM, Alexander Usyskin wrote:
> Setup char device in spite of firmware handshake failure.
> In order to provide host access to the firmware status registers and other
> information required for the manufacturing process.

IMO this patch should be moved to after the patch that adds the logic to 
fetch the FW version, as that is interesting info for sysfs. Not a blocker.

> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@xxxxxxxxx>

Daniele

> ---
>   drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c | 11 ++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c b/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c
> index 0afae70e0609..cf427f6fdec9 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c
> @@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ static int mei_gsc_probe(struct auxiliary_device *aux_dev,
>   	pm_runtime_set_active(device);
>   	pm_runtime_enable(device);
>   
> -	if (mei_start(dev)) {
> -		dev_err(device, "init hw failure.\n");
> -		ret = -ENODEV;
> -		goto err;
> -	}
> +	/* Continue to char device setup in spite of firmware handshake failure.
> +	 * In order to provide access to the firmware status registers to the user
> +	 * space via sysfs.
> +	 */
> +	if (mei_start(dev))
> +		dev_warn(device, "init hw failure.\n");
>   
>   	pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(device, MEI_GSC_RPM_TIMEOUT);
>   	pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(device);