Make this function return a pointer to the boardinfo instead of an index. Since it's not typical, add a comment to clarify why this legacy driver does a probe. Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c index 53baf37..a7471bb 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c @@ -1216,62 +1216,67 @@ static void das1800_free_dma(struct comedi_device *dev) comedi_isadma_free(devpriv->dma); } -static int das1800_probe(struct comedi_device *dev) +static const struct das1800_board *das1800_probe(struct comedi_device *dev) { const struct das1800_board *board = dev->board_ptr; - int index; + int index = board ? board - das1800_boards : -EINVAL; int id; - /* calc the offset to the boardinfo that was found by the core */ - index = board - das1800_boards; - - /* verify that the board id matches the boardinfo */ + /* + * The dev->board_ptr will be set by comedi_device_attach() if the + * board name provided by the user matches a board->name in this + * driver. If so, this function sanity checks the id to verify that + * the board is correct. + * + * If the dev->board_ptr is not set, the user is trying to attach + * an unspecified board to this driver. In this case the id is used + * to 'probe' for the correct dev->board_ptr. + */ id = (inb(dev->iobase + DAS1800_DIGITAL) >> 4) & 0xf; switch (id) { case 0x3: if (index == das1801st_da || index == das1802st_da || index == das1701st_da || index == das1702st_da) - return index; + return board; index = das1801st; break; case 0x4: if (index == das1802hr_da || index == das1702hr_da) - return index; + return board; index = das1802hr; break; case 0x5: if (index == das1801ao || index == das1802ao || index == das1701ao || index == das1702ao) - return index; + return board; index = das1801ao; break; case 0x6: if (index == das1802hr || index == das1702hr) - return index; + return board; index = das1802hr; break; case 0x7: if (index == das1801st || index == das1802st || index == das1701st || index == das1702st) - return index; + return board; index = das1801st; break; case 0x8: if (index == das1801hc || index == das1802hc) - return index; + return board; index = das1801hc; - break; default: dev_err(dev->class_dev, "Board model: probe returned 0x%x (unknown, please report)\n", id); - break; + return NULL; } dev_err(dev->class_dev, "Board model (probed, not recommended): %s series\n", das1800_boards[index].name); - return index; + return &das1800_boards[index]; } static int das1800_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, @@ -1281,7 +1286,6 @@ static int das1800_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, struct das1800_private *devpriv; struct comedi_subdevice *s; unsigned int irq = it->options[1]; - int board; int ret; devpriv = comedi_alloc_devpriv(dev, sizeof(*devpriv)); @@ -1292,14 +1296,12 @@ static int das1800_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, if (ret) return ret; - board = das1800_probe(dev); - if (board < 0) { + thisboard = das1800_probe(dev); + if (!thisboard) { dev_err(dev->class_dev, "unable to determine board type\n"); return -ENODEV; } - - dev->board_ptr = das1800_boards + board; - thisboard = dev->board_ptr; + dev->board_ptr = thisboard; dev->board_name = thisboard->name; /* if it is an 'ao' board with fancy analog out then we need extra io ports */ -- 2.4.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel