Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/6] net: usb: lan78xx: Improve error handling in PHY initialization

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 09:49:47AM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
>  	} else {
>  		if (!phydev->drv) {
>  			netdev_err(dev->net, "no PHY driver found\n");
> -			return NULL;
> +			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>  		}

Idly wondering why this driver cares whether the PHY has a driver or
not (it seemingly wants to exclude the generic driver.) Not a reason
to reject the patch, just curious.

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