Re: unitialized variable in 2.4.7 (sym53c8xx, dmi_scan)

[Alan Cox]

>  static __init int disable_ide_dma(struct dmi_blacklist *d)
>  {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE
> @@ -169,6 +170,7 @@
>  #endif
>         return 0;
>  }
> +#endif

This just makes it harder to finish the merges

> makes that automatic.
> ===== drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx.c 1.6 vs edited =====
> --- 1.6/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx.c        Thu Jul  5 04:28:16 2001
> +++ edited/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx.c     Wed Jul 25 13:37:10 2001
> @@ -6991,7 +6991,7 @@
>  
>  static void ncr_soft_reset(ncb_p np)
>  {
> -       u_char istat;
> +       u_char istat=0;
>         int i;
>  
>         if (!(np->features & FE_ISTAT1) || !(INB (nc_istat1) & SRUN))

And this means when we get a real bug with istat not being assigned it
wont be seen.