Hi. (I am guessing you as maintainer of this code. If you are not, I apologise.) The following patch makes drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c use the return code of request_region instead of check_region. It also makes the driver release the irq on error. It applies cleanly against ac10 and 241p9. Comments? --- linux-ac10-clean/drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c Mon Sep 18 22:36:25 2000 +++ linux-ac10/drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c Mon Jan 22 22:55:53 2001 @@ -406,23 +406,24 @@ /* claim the slot */ mca_set_adapter_name( slot-1, fd_mcs_adapters[loop].name ); - /* check irq/region */ - if (check_region(port, 0x10) || - request_irq(irq, fd_mcs_intr, - SA_SHIRQ, "fd_mcs", hosts)) { - printk( "fd_mcs: check_region() || request_irq() failed, Skip it\n"); - + /* check/get irq/region */ + if (!request_region(port, 0x10, "fd_mcs") ) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "fd_mcs: request_region() failed, Skip it\n"); continue; } + + if (request_irq(irq, fd_mcs_intr, SA_SHIRQ, "fd_mcs", hosts)) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "fd_mcs: request_irq() failed, Skip it\n"); + goto err_release; + } /* register */ if (!(shpnt = scsi_register(tpnt, sizeof(struct fd_hostdata)))) { printk( "fd_mcs: scsi_register() failed\n"); - continue; + goto err_free_irq; } /* request I/O region */ - request_region( port, 0x10, "fd_mcs" ); /* save name */ strcpy(adapter_name, fd_mcs_adapters[loop].name); @@ -578,6 +579,12 @@ FD_MAX_HOSTS); break; } + continue; + + err_free_irq: + free_irq(irq, fd_mcs_intr); + err_release: + release_region(port, 0x10); } return found; -- Regards, Rasmus([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred. --- Error messages in haiku - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]