Here is the deal: we have a guy here with a webcam and the following scenario: 1. ov511 disconnects, everything dies/releases/closes fine, 2. webcam soft starts polling open/sleep/open/sleep/... 3. ov511_probe works and reaches ov511_configure, calls video_register_device(). 4. Webcam software opens and oopses on the semafore that was not initialized yet. I think video_register_device needs to be done last, when everything else is ready to accept appliction requests. Someone please review. The error handling style of ov511 spins my head. I may be missing a code path somewhere. Thanks in advance, -- Pete --- linux-2.4.2-ac19/drivers/usb/ov511.c Thu Jan 4 13:15:32 2001 +++ linux-2.4.2-ac19-p3/drivers/usb/ov511.c Thu Mar 22 19:55:59 2001 @@ -3141,11 +3141,6 @@ init_waitqueue_head(&ov511->wq); - if (video_register_device(&ov511->vdev, VFL_TYPE_GRABBER) < 0) { - err("video_register_device failed"); - return -EBUSY; - } - if (ov511_write_regvals(dev, aRegvalsInit)) goto error; if (ov511_write_regvals(dev, aRegvalsNorm511)) goto error; @@ -3214,7 +3209,6 @@ return 0; error: - video_unregister_device(&ov511->vdev); usb_driver_release_interface(&ov511_driver, &dev->actconfig->interface[ov511->iface]); @@ -3323,6 +3317,11 @@ ov511->buf_state = BUF_NOT_ALLOCATED; } else { err("Failed to configure camera"); + goto error; + } + + if (video_register_device(&ov511->vdev, VFL_TYPE_GRABBER) < 0) { + err("video_register_device failed"); goto error; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/