Move the global 'check_timer' variable into the private data structure. Also now use mod_timer().
Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -urN linux-2.6.19-final.orig/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c linux-2.6.19-final/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c --- linux-2.6.19-final.orig/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c Tue Dec 5 11:42:55 2006 +++ linux-2.6.19-final/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c Tue Dec 5 11:50:49 2006 @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ #define DRV_NAME "at91_ether" #define DRV_VERSION "1.0" -static struct timer_list check_timer; #define LINK_POLL_INTERVAL (HZ) /* ..................................................................... */ @@ -250,8 +249,7 @@ * PHY doesn't have an IRQ pin (RTL8201, DP83847, AC101L), * or board does not have it connected. */ - check_timer.expires = jiffies + LINK_POLL_INTERVAL; - add_timer(&check_timer); + mod_timer(&lp->check_timer, jiffies + LINK_POLL_INTERVAL); return; } @@ -298,7 +296,7 @@ irq_number = lp->board_data.phy_irq_pin; if (!irq_number) { - del_timer_sync(&check_timer); + del_timer_sync(&lp->check_timer); return; } @@ -360,13 +358,13 @@ static void at91ether_check_link(unsigned long dev_id) { struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *) dev_id; + struct at91_private *lp = netdev_priv(dev); enable_mdi(); update_linkspeed(dev, 1); disable_mdi(); - check_timer.expires = jiffies + LINK_POLL_INTERVAL; - add_timer(&check_timer); + mod_timer(&lp->check_timer, jiffies + LINK_POLL_INTERVAL); } /* ......................... ADDRESS MANAGEMENT ........................ */ @@ -1030,9 +1028,9 @@ /* If board has no PHY IRQ, use a timer to poll the PHY */ if (!lp->board_data.phy_irq_pin) { - init_timer(&check_timer); - check_timer.data = (unsigned long)dev; - check_timer.function = at91ether_check_link; + init_timer(&lp->check_timer); + lp->check_timer.data = (unsigned long)dev; + lp->check_timer.function = at91ether_check_link; } /* Display ethernet banner */ diff -urN linux-2.6.19-final.orig/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.h linux-2.6.19-final/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.h --- linux-2.6.19-final.orig/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.h Tue Dec 5 10:09:13 2006 +++ linux-2.6.19-final/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.h Tue Dec 5 11:50:22 2006 @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ spinlock_t lock; /* lock for MDI interface */ short phy_media; /* media interface type */ unsigned short phy_address; /* 5-bit MDI address of PHY (0..31) */ + struct timer_list check_timer; /* Poll link status */ /* Transmit */ struct sk_buff *skb; /* holds skb until xmit interrupt completes */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html