On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 02:04:50PM -0500, Romer, Benjamin M wrote: > @@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ > u64 somethings, char *buf, size_t bufsize); > struct seq_file *visor_seq_file_new_buffer(void *buf, size_t buf_size); > void visor_seq_file_done_buffer(struct seq_file *m); > +int is_spar_system( void ); That's a horrid function name to polute the global namespace, please be more "unique". > > #endif > diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c > index 8ea9c46..aa60ccb 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > /* uislib.c > * > - * Copyright � 2010 - 2013 UNISYS CORPORATION > + * Copyright © 2010 - 2013 UNISYS CORPORATION > * All rights reserved. > * > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > @@ -2276,6 +2276,11 @@ > static int __init > uislib_mod_init(void) > { > + /* check for s-Par support */ > + if( !is_spar_system() ) { > + printk( "s-Par not detected.\n" ); > + return -EPERM; > + } Always run your patches through scripts/checkpatch.pl so I don't reject them for the things it points out... thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel