hi this patch does: - net_device is no longer allocated as part of the driver's private structure, instead it's allocated via alloc_netdev - xirc2ps_detach calls xirc2ps_release if necessary (like the other drivers) against 2.5.70-bk. rgds -daniel ===== drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c 1.19 vs edited ===== --- 1.19/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c Sun May 25 17:07:51 2003 +++ edited/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c Mon Jun 9 15:27:53 2003 @@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ typedef struct local_info_t { dev_link_t link; - struct net_device dev; dev_node_t node; struct net_device_stats stats; int card_type; @@ -619,11 +618,12 @@ flush_stale_links(); /* Allocate the device structure */ - local = kmalloc(sizeof(*local), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!local) return NULL; - memset(local, 0, sizeof(*local)); - link = &local->link; dev = &local->dev; - link->priv = dev->priv = local; + dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(local_info_t)); + if (!dev) + return NULL; + local = dev->priv; + link = &local->link; + link->priv = dev; init_timer(&link->release); link->release.function = &xirc2ps_release; @@ -645,7 +645,6 @@ dev->get_stats = &do_get_stats; dev->do_ioctl = &do_ioctl; dev->set_multicast_list = &set_multicast_list; - ether_setup(dev); dev->open = &do_open; dev->stop = &do_stop; #ifdef HAVE_TX_TIMEOUT @@ -684,7 +683,7 @@ static void xirc2ps_detach(dev_link_t * link) { - local_info_t *local = link->priv; + struct net_device *dev = link->priv; dev_link_t **linkp; DEBUG(0, "detach(0x%p)\n", link); @@ -706,10 +705,11 @@ */ del_timer(&link->release); if (link->state & DEV_CONFIG) { - DEBUG(0, "detach postponed, '%s' still locked\n", - link->dev->dev_name); - link->state |= DEV_STALE_LINK; - return; + xirc2ps_release((unsigned long)link); + if (link->state & DEV_STALE_CONFIG) { + link->state |= DEV_STALE_LINK; + return; + } } /* Break the link with Card Services */ @@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ /* Unlink device structure, free it */ *linkp = link->next; if (link->dev) - unregister_netdev(&local->dev); - kfree(local); + unregister_netdev(dev); + kfree(dev); } /* xirc2ps_detach */ @@ -745,7 +745,8 @@ static int set_card_type(dev_link_t *link, const void *s) { - local_info_t *local = link->priv; + struct net_device *dev = link->priv; + local_info_t *local = dev->priv; #ifdef PCMCIA_DEBUG unsigned cisrev = ((const unsigned char *)s)[2]; #endif @@ -839,8 +840,8 @@ xirc2ps_config(dev_link_t * link) { client_handle_t handle = link->handle; - local_info_t *local = link->priv; - struct net_device *dev = &local->dev; + struct net_device *dev = link->priv; + local_info_t *local = dev->priv; tuple_t tuple; cisparse_t parse; ioaddr_t ioaddr; @@ -1195,11 +1196,10 @@ xirc2ps_release(u_long arg) { dev_link_t *link = (dev_link_t *) arg; - local_info_t *local = link->priv; - struct net_device *dev = &local->dev; DEBUG(0, "release(0x%p)\n", link); +#if 0 /* * If the device is currently in use, we won't release until it * is actually closed. @@ -1210,8 +1210,10 @@ link->state |= DEV_STALE_CONFIG; return; } +#endif if (link->win) { + struct net_device *dev = link->priv; local_info_t *local = dev->priv; if (local->dingo) iounmap(local->dingo_ccr - 0x0800); @@ -1243,8 +1245,7 @@ event_callback_args_t * args) { dev_link_t *link = args->client_data; - local_info_t *lp = link->priv; - struct net_device *dev = &lp->dev; + struct net_device *dev = link->priv; DEBUG(0, "event(%d)\n", (int)event); @@ -2083,12 +2084,8 @@ { pcmcia_unregister_driver(&xirc2ps_cs_driver); - while (dev_list) { - if (dev_list->state & DEV_CONFIG) - xirc2ps_release((u_long)dev_list); - if (dev_list) /* xirc2ps_release() might already have detached... */ - xirc2ps_detach(dev_list); - } + while (dev_list) + xirc2ps_detach(dev_list); } module_init(init_xirc2ps_cs); - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html