linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Char: stallion, don't fail with less than max panels

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Date:	Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:00:10 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Korb <ingo@...na.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Char: stallion, don't fail with less than max panels

Andrew Morton napsal(a):
> On Tue,  5 Jun 2007 23:20:57 +0200 (CEST)
> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> stallion, don't fail with less than max panels
>>
> 
> Why not?
> 
> What problem is this patch fixing, and how does it fix it?
> 
> What are the consequences of not having this patch in the kernel?
> 
> etc.  More complete changlogs, please.

Aah, sorry.

--
Since it's not neccesary to have MAX_PANELS on the card, don't fail to let users
use this card even in this case. Stop the testing for loop instead.
--

> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/stallion.c b/drivers/char/stallion.c
>> index e45113a..265abad 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/stallion.c
>> +++ b/drivers/char/stallion.c
>> @@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ static int __devinit stl_initech(struct stlbrd *brdp)
>>  		}
>>  		status = inb(ioaddr + ECH_PNLSTATUS);
>>  		if ((status & ECH_PNLIDMASK) != nxtid)
>> -			goto err_fr;
>> +			break;
>>  		panelp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct stlpanel), GFP_KERNEL);
>>  		if (!panelp) {
>>  			printk("STALLION: failed to allocate memory "
> 

thanks,
-- 
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/            Jiri Slaby
faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
e-mail: jirislaby gmail com, gpg pubkey fingerprint:
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