diff -urN /mnt/disk/linux/drivers/net/3c503.c /linux/drivers/net/3c503.c
--- /mnt/disk/linux/drivers/net/3c503.c	Tue Sep 12 23:49:16 2000
+++ /linux/drivers/net/3c503.c	Thu Sep 28 21:23:06 2000
@@ -154,14 +154,18 @@
 int __init 
 el2_probe1(struct net_device *dev, int ioaddr)
 {
-    int i, iobase_reg, membase_reg, saved_406, wordlength;
+    int i, iobase_reg, membase_reg, saved_406, wordlength, retval;
     static unsigned version_printed = 0;
     unsigned long vendor_id;
 
+    if (!request_region(ioaddr, EL2_IO_EXTENT, "3c503"))
+	return -ENODEV;
+
     /* Reset and/or avoid any lurking NE2000 */
     if (inb(ioaddr + 0x408) == 0xff) {
     	mdelay(1);
-	return -ENODEV;
+	retval = -ENODEV;
+	goto out;
     }
 
     /* We verify that it's a 3C503 board by checking the first three octets
@@ -171,7 +175,8 @@
     /* ASIC location registers should be 0 or have only a single bit set. */
     if (   (iobase_reg  & (iobase_reg - 1))
 	|| (membase_reg & (membase_reg - 1))) {
-	return -ENODEV;
+	retval = -ENODEV;
+	goto out;
     }
     saved_406 = inb_p(ioaddr + 0x406);
     outb_p(ECNTRL_RESET|ECNTRL_THIN, ioaddr + 0x406); /* Reset it... */
@@ -183,7 +188,8 @@
     if ((vendor_id != OLD_3COM_ID) && (vendor_id != NEW_3COM_ID)) {
 	/* Restore the register we frobbed. */
 	outb(saved_406, ioaddr + 0x406);
-	return -ENODEV;
+	retval = -ENODEV;
+	goto out;
     }
 
     /* We should have a "dev" from Space.c or the static module table. */
@@ -191,8 +197,10 @@
 	printk("3c503.c: Passed a NULL device.\n");
 	dev = init_etherdev(0, 0);
 
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!dev) {
+	    retval = -ENOMEM;
+	    goto out;
+	}
     }
 
     if (ei_debug  &&  version_printed++ == 0)
@@ -202,8 +210,9 @@
     /* Allocate dev->priv and fill in 8390 specific dev fields. */
     if (ethdev_init(dev)) {
 	printk ("3c503: unable to allocate memory for dev->priv.\n");
-	return -ENOMEM;
-     }
+	retval = -ENOMEM;
+	goto out;
+    }
 
     printk("%s: 3c503 at i/o base %#3x, node ", dev->name, ioaddr);
 
@@ -302,8 +311,6 @@
     ei_status.block_input = &el2_block_input;
     ei_status.block_output = &el2_block_output;
 
-    request_region(ioaddr, EL2_IO_EXTENT, ei_status.name);
-
     if (dev->irq == 2)
 	dev->irq = 9;
     else if (dev->irq > 5 && dev->irq != 9) {
@@ -330,6 +337,9 @@
 	       dev->name, ei_status.name, (wordlength+1)<<3);
     }
     return 0;
+out:
+    release_region(ioaddr, EL2_IO_EXTENT);
+    return retval;
 }
 
 static int