@@ -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);