Re: ArcNet and 2.6.8.1

[YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明]

Hello.

In article <Pine.OSF.4.05.10409231534150.5114-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (at Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:08:47 +0200 (METDST)), Esben Nielsen <simlo@xxxxxxxxxx> says:

>  I am trying to upgrade my labtop to 2.6.8.1. I have ArcNet COM20020
> PCMCIA card. After editing /etc/pcmcia/config to make it know about the
> module, it finds the com20020 with no problems but as soon as I try to
> start the network device the ifconfig process crashes.
:
> I fixed it by changing
> 	lp->hw.open(dev);
> to
> 	if(lp->hw.open) {
> 		lp->hw.open(dev);
> 	}

Thanks.

Signed-off-by: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

===== drivers/net/arcnet/arcnet.c 1.18 vs edited =====
--- 1.18/drivers/net/arcnet/arcnet.c	2004-07-01 13:18:14 +09:00
+++ edited/drivers/net/arcnet/arcnet.c	2004-09-24 00:11:35 +09:00
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@
 	lp->rfc1201.sequence = 1;
 
 	/* bring up the hardware driver */
-	lp->hw.open(dev);
+	if (lp->hw.open)
+		lp->hw.open(dev);
 
 	if (dev->dev_addr[0] == 0)
 		BUGMSG(D_NORMAL, "WARNING!  Station address 00 is reserved "

-- 
Hideaki YOSHIFUJI @ USAGI Project <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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