chip = find_chip_by_name(p->chip_label);
if (!chip) {
- dev_err(dev, "cannot find GPIO chip %s\n",
- p->chip_label);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+ /*
+ * As the lookup table indicates a chip with
+ * p->chip_label should exist, assume it may
+ * still appear later and let the interested
+ * consumer be probed again or let the Deferred
+ * Probe infrastructure handle the error.
+ */
+ dev_warn(dev, "cannot find GPIO chip %s, deferring\n",
+ p->chip_label);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
}
if (chip->ngpio <= p->chip_hwnum) {