Re: [PATCH] PCI: rzg3s-host: Treat link-down as -ENODEV instead of error

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 at 16:44, John Madieu <john.madieu.xa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> rzg3s_pcie_host_init() failing to establish a PCIe link does not
> necessarily indicate a hardware or driver error; it may simply mean no
> card is inserted. Demote the message from dev_err_probe() to dev_info()
> and return -ENODEV so the driver defers gracefully rather than printing
> a spurious error.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Madieu <john.madieu.xa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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