Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Alexander Usyskin <> | Subject | [PATCH v4 3/5] mei: gsc: setup char driver alive in spite of firmware handshake failure | Date | Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:21:01 +0200 |
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Setup char device in spite of firmware handshake failure. In order to provide host access to the firmware status registers and other information required for the manufacturing process.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> --- drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c b/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c index 0afae70e0609..cf427f6fdec9 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c @@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ static int mei_gsc_probe(struct auxiliary_device *aux_dev, pm_runtime_set_active(device); pm_runtime_enable(device); - if (mei_start(dev)) { - dev_err(device, "init hw failure.\n"); - ret = -ENODEV; - goto err; - } + /* Continue to char device setup in spite of firmware handshake failure. + * In order to provide access to the firmware status registers to the user + * space via sysfs. + */ + if (mei_start(dev)) + dev_warn(device, "init hw failure.\n"); pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(device, MEI_GSC_RPM_TIMEOUT); pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(device); -- 2.32.0
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