[PATCH 04/04] fbdev: maxine: fix maxinefb_init() return value

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 22:57:18 EST


A driver should return a negative error code on failure of its
module_init() function so that the system recognizes the failure.
Change the "return 1" to "return -ENODEV".

Suggested-by: sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260809234810.982500-1-rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?part=1
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>

drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next-20260812.orig/drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c
+++ linux-next-20260812/drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int __init maxinefb_init(void)
fb_alloc_cmap(&fb_info.cmap, 256, 0);

if (register_framebuffer(&fb_info) < 0)
- return 1;
+ return -ENODEV;
return 0;
}