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SubjectRe: [PATCH] smc91c92_cs: use request_firmware
FromJaswinder Singh <>
DateMon, 28 Jul 2008 14:32:54 +0530
Hello Dominik,

On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 10:28 +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > +static int osi_load_firmware(struct pcmcia_device *link)
> > +{
> > +	struct platform_device *pdev;
> > +	const struct firmware *fw;
> > +	const char fw_name[] = "ositech/Xilinx7OD.bin"; 
> > +	int i, err;
> > + 
> > +	pdev = platform_device_register_simple("ositech", 0, NULL, 0);
> 
> Why do we need a platform_device here? Can't we just use the pcmcia device
> (so &link->dev) here?
> 

Thanks for pointing it out, I was searching for it.

Here is the fix:

diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
index 03f9be9..43d8e23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <linux/mii.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
-#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
 #include <pcmcia/cs_types.h>
 #include <pcmcia/cs.h>
@@ -794,18 +793,11 @@ static int osi_config(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 
 static int osi_load_firmware(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 {
-	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 	const char fw_name[] = "ositech/Xilinx7OD.bin"; 
 	int i, err;
  
-	pdev = platform_device_register_simple("ositech", 0, NULL, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(pdev)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register platform device ositech\n");
-		return IS_ERR(pdev);
-	}
-	err = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, &pdev->dev);
-	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+	err = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, &link->dev);
 	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to load firmware \"%s\"\n",
 		       fw_name);
You can check updated patch from :-

http://git.infradead.org/users/jaswinder/firm-jsr-2.6.git

Thank you,

Jaswinder Singh.

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