From: Christophe Lucas Signed-off-by: Christophe Lucas Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/lcd.c | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/char/lcd.c~drivers-char-lcdc-misc_register-can-fail drivers/char/lcd.c --- devel/drivers/char/lcd.c~drivers-char-lcdc-misc_register-can-fail 2005-06-30 22:38:52.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/drivers/char/lcd.c 2005-06-30 22:38:52.000000000 -0700 @@ -613,10 +613,15 @@ static struct miscdevice lcd_dev = { static int lcd_init(void) { + int ret; unsigned long data; pr_info("%s\n", LCD_DRIVER); - misc_register(&lcd_dev); + ret = misc_register(&lcd_dev); + if (ret) { + printk(KERN_WARNING LCD "Unable to register misc device.\n"); + return ret; + } /* Check region? Naaah! Just snarf it up. */ /* request_region(RTC_PORT(0), RTC_IO_EXTENT, "lcd");*/ _