linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: Fix broken abuse of dev->driver

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Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:31:43 +0900
From:	Komuro <komurojun-mbn@...ty.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>, torvalds@...l.org,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: Fix broken abuse of dev->driver_data

Hi,

>PCMCIA abuses dev->private_data in the probe methods. Unfortunately it
>continues to abuse it after calling drv->probe() which leads to crashes and
>other nasties (such as bogus probes of multifunction devices) giving errors like
>
>pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.1
>kernel: 0.1: GetNextTuple: No more items

The pata_pcmcia works now. Thanks!



Best Regards
Komuro
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