Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: mdio: treat PSE EPROBE_DEFER as non-fatal during PHY registration

Andrew Lunn
2026-04-06T15:21:28Z

On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 04:43:24PM +0200, Carlo Szelinsky wrote:
> Hi Andrew, Oleksij,
>
> Thanks for pushing me in the right direction here.
>
> So if I understand correctly, I should move the PSE control lookup
> from fwnode_mdiobus_register_phy() into phy_probe(). That way the PHY
> just defers like any other device if the PSE controller isn't there
> yet, and the bus scan keeps going for the other PHYs.

Ah, yes. That is the correct fix.

Andrew