RE: [PATCH V2] ptp: clockmatrix: Add Defer probe if firmware load fails

[Gaddam, Sarath Babu Naidu]

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] ptp: clockmatrix: Add Defer probe if firmware
> load fails
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:42:04 +0530 Sarath Babu Naidu Gaddam wrote:
> > Clock matrix driver can be probed before the rootfs containing
> > firmware/initialization .bin is available. The current driver throws a
> > warning and proceeds to execute probe even when firmware is not
> ready.
> > Instead, defer probe and wait for the .bin file to be available.
> 
> The first-step fix should be to try to get the FW into initramfs.
> For that driver should specify MODULE_FIRMWARE(), which I don't see
> here.

Thanks for the review. We will take MODULE_FIRMWARE as a separate patch.
We want defer probe to go first.

Thanks,
Sarath