[PATCH] synclink_gt fix size of register value storage
Fix incorrect variable size used to hold register value. This bug might
wipe out a portion of the TCR value when setting the interface options.
Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
index 07c9be6..a85a60a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@
static int set_interface(struct slgt_info *info, int if_mode)
{
unsigned long flags;
- unsigned char val;
+ unsigned short val;
DBGINFO(("%s set_interface=%x)\n", info->device_name, if_mode));
spin_lock_irqsave(&info->lock,flags);
