Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: aquantia: check for NVMEM deferral

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 12:44:35PM +0100, Robert Marko wrote:
> Currently, if NVMEM provider is probed later than Aquantia, loading the
> firmware will fail with -EINVAL.
> 
> To fix this, simply check for -EPROBE_DEFER when NVMEM is attempted and
> return it.
> 
> Fixes: e93984ebc1c8 ("net: phy: aquantia: add firmware load support")
> Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@xxxxxxxxx>

As aqr_firmware_load() is called from the probe function, returning
-EPROBE_DEFER from here is fine.

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

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