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On Mon,  9 Jun 2025 11:16:41 +0100
Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com> wrote:

> +	ret_val = hw->phy.ops.write_reg_locked(hw, E1000_PHY_TIMEOUTS_REG,
> +					       phy_timeout);
> +
> +	return ret_val;

Why use temporary value (ret_val) and not just a return statement?

	return hw->phy.ops.write_reg_locked(hw, E1000_PHY_TIMEOUTS_REG, phy_timeout);