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SubjectRe: [Linux-ATM-General] NICSTAR_USE_SUNI broken in 2.6.3+
DateMon, 15 Mar 2004 12:28:19 -0500
From"chas williams (contractor)" <>
In message <Pine.LNX.4.30.0403131045040.3568-100000@swamp.bayern.net>,Peter Dau
m writes:
>I have a bunch of machines with Forerunner LE ATM NICs.
>Starting with kernel version 2.6.3 the kernel crashes at
>boot time (see dump below) when CONFIG_ATM_NICSTAR_USE_SUNI
>EIP; c0252650 <suni_start+35/17d>   <=====

this points directly to suni.c:236, in particular the PRIV(dev)->dev
bit.  it looks like gcc3 fixups from akpm inadvertently converted PRIV()
to dev_data instead of phy_data.

the following patch should get things running again.

dave, can you apply to 2.6?  thanks!

# This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
# Project Name: Linux kernel tree
# This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher.
# This patch includes the following deltas:
#	           ChangeSet	1.1603  -> 1.1604 
#	  drivers/atm/suni.c	1.9     -> 1.10   
#
# The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log
# --------------------------------------------
# 04/03/15	chas@relax.cmf.nrl.navy.mil	1.1604
# [ATM]: [suni] dev_data should really by phy_data
# --------------------------------------------
#
diff -Nru a/drivers/atm/suni.c b/drivers/atm/suni.c
--- a/drivers/atm/suni.c	Mon Mar 15 12:23:09 2004
+++ b/drivers/atm/suni.c	Mon Mar 15 12:23:09 2004
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int first;
 
-	if (!(dev->dev_data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct suni_priv),GFP_KERNEL)))
+	if (!(dev->phy_data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct suni_priv),GFP_KERNEL)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	PRIV(dev)->dev = dev;
-
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