linux-kernel - Re: [Bug 10868] Oops on loading ipaq module since 2.6.26, prevents use of device

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Message-ID: <20080703142025.GC11254@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:20:30 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc:	Adam Williamson <awilliamson@...driva.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>, bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthias Geissert <matthias.geissert@....de>
Subject: Re: [Bug 10868] Oops on loading ipaq module since 2.6.26, prevents
	use of device

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 04:08:44PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 03 Juli 2008 10:57:33 schrieb Adrian Bunk:
> > On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 10:05:57AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>  
> > > As far as I can tell somebody changed the ipaq driver in 2.6.26-rc6. I cannot
> > > find the exact patch that did it in Greg's directory. As it causes a regression
> > > here's a reversal.
> > 
> > 
> > It was changed by:
> 
> Thanks, did you do git magic?

I wouldn't call that "magic":

$ git-log v2.6.25.. drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c

>...
> > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
> > @@ -571,9 +571,9 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver ipaq_device = {
> >  	.usb_driver = 		&ipaq_driver,
> >  	.id_table =		ipaq_id_table,
> >  	.num_interrupt_in =	NUM_DONT_CARE,
> > -	.num_bulk_in =		1,
> > -	.num_bulk_out =		1,
> > -	.num_ports =		1,
> > +	.num_bulk_in =		NUM_DONT_CARE,
> > +	.num_bulk_out =		NUM_DONT_CARE,
> 
> This is good.

These fields are removed by a later commit in 2.6.26...  8-)

> > +	.num_ports =		2,
> 
> This is fatal.
> 
> The patch I sent reverts only this part, so this issue is solved.
> 
> 	Regards
> 		Oliver

cu
Adrian

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