[PATCH net-next v4 04/10] net: usb: lan78xx: improve error reporting on PHY attach failure

From: Oleksij Rempel
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 05:34:41 EST


Include error code in the log message when PHY attachment fails,
providing better debugging information.

Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
changes v3:
- update commit message
---
drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index e54b1ac2c4fc..d2bc6cbdbb66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -2693,8 +2693,8 @@ static int lan78xx_phy_init(struct lan78xx_net *dev)

ret = phylink_connect_phy(dev->phylink, phydev);
if (ret) {
- netdev_err(dev->net, "can't attach PHY to %s\n",
- dev->mdiobus->id);
+ netdev_err(dev->net, "can't attach PHY to %s, error %pe\n",
+ dev->mdiobus->id, ERR_PTR(ret));
return -EIO;
}

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