Re: 2.1.131ac12 breaks pcmcia qlogic

Garst R. Reese (reese@isn.net)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 02:09:28 -0400


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Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > Heads up david. usecount got redefined. So if this gets into the real
> > kernel a fix will be needed. Any other folks using qlogic and pcmcia can
> > either take a peek or save some download time :)
>
> No - its not changed. The underlying field you arent supposed to directly
> access changed. The published interface GET_USE_COUNT(module) has remained
> the same.
>
> You might want to fix your qlogic and mail david a patch to use GET_USE_COUNT
> then it should be happy for all cases
>
> Alan
OK -- the changes I made are attached. Thanks for the hint Alan.
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