The DM9000 network driver is calling kfree() on an netdev causing the system to oops if the probe fails. The right thing to do is call free_netdev().
Thanks to Russell King for spotting this. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -urpN -X ../dontdiff linux-2.6.20/drivers/net/dm9000.c linux-2.6.20-dmfix/drivers/net/dm9000.c --- linux-2.6.20/drivers/net/dm9000.c 2007-02-04 18:44:54.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.20-dmfix/drivers/net/dm9000.c 2007-02-12 12:01:22.000000000 +0000 @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pde printk("%s: not found (%d).\n", CARDNAME, ret); dm9000_release_board(pdev, db); - kfree(ndev); + free_netdev(ndev); return ret; } @@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ dm9000_drv_remove(struct platform_device unregister_netdev(ndev); dm9000_release_board(pdev, (board_info_t *) ndev->priv); - kfree(ndev); /* free device structure */ + free_netdev(ndev); /* free device structure */ PRINTK1("clean_module() exit\n"); - 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 - 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