netdev - [PATCH] fore200: fix oops on failed firmware load

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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:39:24 +0200 (EET)
From:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fore200: fix oops on failed firmware load

Fore 200 ATM driver fails to handle request_firmware failures and oopses 
when no firmware file was found. Fix it by checking for the right return 
values and propaganting the return value up.

Signed-off-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>

diff --git a/drivers/atm/fore200e.c b/drivers/atm/fore200e.c
index 937c9c0..10f000d 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/fore200e.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/fore200e.c
@@ -2519,8 +2519,8 @@ fore200e_load_and_start_fw(struct fore200e* fore200e)
 	return err;
 
     sprintf(buf, "%s%s", fore200e->bus->proc_name, FW_EXT);
-    if (request_firmware(&firmware, buf, device) == 1) {
-	printk(FORE200E "missing %s firmware image\n", fore200e->bus->model_name);
+    if ((err = request_firmware(&firmware, buf, device)) < 0) {
+	printk(FORE200E "problem loading firmware image %s\n", fore200e->bus->model_name);
 	return err;
     }
 
-- 
Meelis Roos (mroos@...ux.ee)
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