If things are just right this will result in the hws[0]->parent being passed to ide_host_add() being non-zero and an ooops a little later. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is needed for 2.6.27 only diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c index badf79f..39c9ee9 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c +++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev) base = ioremap(offset, size); + memset(&hw, 0, sizeof(hw)); for (i = 0; i <= 7; i++) hw.io_ports_array[i] = (unsigned long)(base + ((0x1f0 + i) << 5));