[PATCH 03/20] mei: gsc: setup char driver alive in spite of firmware handshake failure

[Alexander Usyskin]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c b/drivers/misc/mei/gsc-me.c
index 64b02adf3149..58e39c00f150 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 irq_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);
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ static int mei_gsc_probe(struct auxiliary_device *aux_dev,
 
 register_err:
 	mei_stop(dev);
-irq_err:
 	devm_free_irq(device, hw->irq, dev);
 
 err:
-- 
2.32.0