[PATCH] matroxfb_maven module OOPS on insmod

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From: Kevin O'Connor <hidden>
Date: 2003-12-23 03:10:49
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Hi,

When running the following commands:

/sbin/modprobe i2c-algo-bit
/sbin/modprobe i2c-matroxfb
/sbin/modprobe matroxfb_maven

the 2.6.0 kernel will reliably oops.  The problem is a result of calling
device_add with uninitialized data.  The following patch allows the module
to be inserted.

-Kevin

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