Take a look in kernel/resource.c. request_region returns *non-zero*
if the region is already in use. The driver doesn't want to try and
probe a region that is in use by another device. Your patch is incorrect.
> But the driver crashes badly while probing the card, somewhere in
> ahc_runq_tasklet.
>
> Any idea ?
Not without more information.
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