diff -u /linux.vanilla/drivers/char/serial.c /linux/drivers/char/serial.c
--- /linux.vanilla/drivers/char/serial.c	Thu Mar  1 20:15:43 2001
+++ /linux/drivers/char/serial.c	Fri Mar  2 00:10:29 2001
@@ -3876,7 +3876,10 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 	req->io_type = SERIAL_IO_MEM;
-	req->iomem_base = ioremap(port, board->uart_offset);
+	if (!(req->iomem_base = ioremap(port, board->uart_offset))) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "serial: Couldn's remap IO memory at %#lx\n", port);
+		return 1;
+	}
 	req->iomem_reg_shift = board->reg_shift;
 	req->port = 0;
 	return 0;
@@ -3939,8 +3942,13 @@
 	 * shutdown the board on a module unload.
 	 */
 	if (DEACTIVATE_FUNC(dev) || board->init_fn) {
-		if (serial_pci_board_idx >= NR_PCI_BOARDS)
+		if (serial_pci_board_idx >= NR_PCI_BOARDS) {
+			if (board->init_fn)
+				(board->init_fn)(dev, board, 0);
+			if (board->flags & SPCI_FL_ISPNP)
+				(DEACTIVATE_FUNC(dev))(dev);
 			return;
+		}
 		serial_pci_board[serial_pci_board_idx].board = *board;
 		serial_pci_board[serial_pci_board_idx].dev = dev;
 		serial_pci_board_idx++;
@@ -3954,8 +3962,13 @@
 
 	for (k=0; k < board->num_ports; k++) {
 		serial_req.irq = get_pci_irq(dev, board, k);
-		if (get_pci_port(dev, board, &serial_req, k))
+		if (get_pci_port(dev, board, &serial_req, k)) {
+			if (board->init_fn)
+				(board->init_fn)(dev, board, 0);
+			if ((board->flags & SPCI_FL_ISPNP) && (k == 0))
+				(DEACTIVATE_FUNC(dev))(dev);
 			break;
+		}
 		serial_req.flags = ASYNC_SKIP_TEST | ASYNC_AUTOPROBE;
 #ifdef SERIAL_DEBUG_PCI
 		printk("Setup PCI/PNP port: port %x, irq %d, type %d\n",
@@ -4010,7 +4023,11 @@
 				      data | pci_config);
 	
 	/* enable/disable interrupts */
-	p = ioremap(pci_resource_start(dev, 0), 0x80);
+	if (!(p = ioremap(pci_resource_start(dev, 0), 0x80))) {
+		printk( KERN_ERR "serial: Couldn't remap IO memory at %#lx\n",
+			pci_resource_start(dev, 0));
+		return 1;
+	}
 	writel(enable ? irq_config : 0x00, (unsigned long)p + 0x4c);
 	iounmap(p);
 
@@ -4053,7 +4070,11 @@
 
        if (!enable) return 0;
 
-       p = ioremap(pci_resource_start(dev, 0), 0x80);
+       if (!(p = ioremap(pci_resource_start(dev, 0), 0x80))) {
+       		printk( KERN_ERR "serial: Couldn't remap IO memory at %#lx\n",
+			pci_resource_start(dev, 0));
+		return 1;
+       }
 
        switch (dev->device & 0xfff8) {
                case PCI_DEVICE_ID_SIIG_1S_10x:         /* 1S */
@@ -5215,6 +5236,16 @@
 /*
  * The serial driver boot-time initialization code!
  */
+static void __init rs_cleanup_after_failure(struct tty_driver *tty)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	del_timer_sync(&serial_timer);
+	save_flags(flags); cli();
+	remove_bh(SERIAL_BH);
+	if (tty) tty_unregister_driver(tty);
+	restore_flags(flags);
+}
+
 static int __init rs_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -5315,11 +5346,17 @@
 	callout_driver.proc_entry = 0;
 #endif
 
-	if (tty_register_driver(&serial_driver))
-		panic("Couldn't register serial driver\n");
-	if (tty_register_driver(&callout_driver))
-		panic("Couldn't register callout driver\n");
-	
+	if ((i = tty_register_driver(&serial_driver))) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "serial: Couldn't register serial driver\n");
+		rs_cleanup_after_failure(NULL);
+		return i;
+	}
+	if ((i = tty_register_driver(&callout_driver))) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "serial: Couldn't register callout driver\n");
+		rs_cleanup_after_failure(&serial_driver);
+		return i;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0, state = rs_table; i < NR_PORTS; i++,state++) {
 		state->magic = SSTATE_MAGIC;
 		state->line = i;