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Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] net: e100: replace silent
'hope for the best' with debug message

From: Ashwin Gundarapu <redacted>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 15:09:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] net: e100: replace silent 'hope for the best' with
debug  message

Replace a silent return with a debug message when no MII PHY is
detected on known variants. This gives users visibility into the
failure instead of silently hoping for the best.

Found by checkpatch.pl inspection.

Signed-off-by: Ashwin Gundarapu <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c

b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index 9074b558de35..bfacf877ca40 100644

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c

@@ -1450,7 +1450,9 @@ static int e100_phy_init(struct nic *nic)
 		 * But do this AFTER MII checking only, since this does
 		 * lookup of EEPROM values which may easily be

unreliable. */
 		if (e100_phy_check_without_mii(nic))
-			return 0; /* simply return and hope for the best
*/
+                        netif_dbg(nic, probe, nic->netdev,
+                                  "No MII PHY detected, continuing
anyway\n");
+                        return 0;
 		else {