Re: small patch: enable pwc usb camera driver

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 02:37:51PM +0200, Kai Engert wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 12:27:04AM +0200, Nemosoft Unv. wrote:
> >>... 
> >>Don't use this. It will BUG() your kernel hard, because of a double 
> >>free(). 
> 
> I confirm, if you disconnect the device / unload the driver, it doesn't 
> take long and the kernel reports an exception. My fault, sorry.
> 
> >... I'll wait for someone to send another patch fixing this one ...
> 
> I'm attaching a new patch:
> 
> - revert video device release code to original no-op,
>   using correct function signature.

Ick ick ick!  No, that's not the way to fix this.

Bah, time to mark the driver broken again...

greg k-h
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