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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: Pete Wyckoff <pw@osc.edu>
Cc: vojtech@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ns558 pci/isa change
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:52:23 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A107EB7.542B997B@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001113181530.A7954@quasar.osc.edu>

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Pete Wyckoff wrote:
>         i = pci_module_init(&ns558_pci_driver);
>         if (i == 0)
>                 have_pci_devices = 1;
> 
>  /*
>   * Probe for ISA ports.
>   */
> 
> +       i = 0;

you don't want to lose the error code.  what you want to do is something
like the attached patch...

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Index: drivers/char/joystick/ns558.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/gkernel/linux_2_4/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.3
diff -u -r1.1.1.3 ns558.c
--- drivers/char/joystick/ns558.c	2000/10/22 23:21:03	1.1.1.3
+++ drivers/char/joystick/ns558.c	2000/11/13 23:51:49
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 };
 	
 static struct ns558 *ns558;
-static int have_pci_devices;
 
 /*
  * ns558_isa_probe() tries to find an isa gameport at the
@@ -316,9 +315,8 @@
  * it is the least-invasive probe.
  */
 
-	i = pci_module_init(&ns558_pci_driver);
-	if (i == 0)
-		have_pci_devices = 1;
+	i = pci_register_driver(&ns558_pci_driver);
+	if (i < 0) return i;
 
 /*
  * Probe for ISA ports.
@@ -339,7 +337,7 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
-	return ns558 ? 0 : -ENODEV;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void __exit ns558_exit(void)
@@ -368,8 +366,7 @@
 		port = port->next;
 	}
 
-	if (have_pci_devices)
-		pci_unregister_driver(&ns558_pci_driver);
+	pci_unregister_driver(&ns558_pci_driver);
 }
 
 module_init(ns558_init);

      reply	other threads:[~2000-11-14  0:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-13 23:15 ns558 pci/isa change Pete Wyckoff
2000-11-13 23:52 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]

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