[PATCH] Fix tipar/parport boot crash If compiled into the kernel, parport_register_driver() is called before the parport driver has been initalised. This means that it is expected that tp_count is 0 after the parport_register_driver() call() - tipar's attach function will not be called until later during bootup. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake --- linux-2.6.17-rc2/drivers/char/tipar.c.orig 2006-04-23 12:03:08.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.17-rc2/drivers/char/tipar.c 2006-04-23 11:42:30.000000000 +0100 @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ tipar_init_module(void) err = PTR_ERR(tipar_class); goto out_chrdev; } - if (parport_register_driver(&tipar_driver) || tp_count == 0) { + if (parport_register_driver(&tipar_driver)) { printk(KERN_ERR "tipar: unable to register with parport\n"); err = -EIO; goto out_class;