It seems that the value of ess->dev_audio is wrongly interpreted. Here's
its only initialization :
(maestro.c:3473)
		if ((s->dev_audio = register_sound_dsp(&ess_audio_fops, -1)) < 0)
register_sound_dsp can return -ENOMEM for instance, so checking whether < 0
is mandatory. However, in (almost) the rest of the file, only == -1 is
tested, so here's a patch.
Furthermore, printing some error message may sometimes be handy, such as when
-ENOENT is returned (no hole was found for the driver), just to understand why
the device was probed, but isn't actually accessible.
Best regards,
Samuel Thibault
diff -urN linux-2.4.18-cor/drivers/sound/maestro.c linux-2.4.18-cor2/drivers/sound/maestro.c
--- linux-2.4.18-cor/drivers/sound/maestro.c	Sun Jun 30 22:02:11 2002
+++ linux-2.4.18-cor2/drivers/sound/maestro.c	Sun Jun 30 23:34:26 2002
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@
 	for(i=0;i<NR_DSPS;i++)
 	{
 		s=&c->channels[i];
-		if(s->dev_audio == -1)
+		if(s->dev_audio < 0)
 			break;
 		spin_lock(&s->lock);
 		ess_update_ptr(s);
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@
 	for(i=0;i<NR_DSPS;i++) {
 		struct ess_state *ess = &s->card->channels[i];
-		if(ess->dev_audio == -1)
+		if(ess->dev_audio < 0)
 			continue;
 		ess->dma_dac.ready = s->dma_dac.mapped = 0;
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@
 	for(;i<NR_DSPS;i++)
 	{
 		struct ess_state *s=&card->channels[i];
-		s->dev_audio = -1;
+		s->dev_audio = -ENODEV;
 	}
 	ess = &card->channels[0];
@@ -3541,7 +3541,7 @@
 		for(i=0;i<NR_DSPS;i++)
 		{
 			struct ess_state *s = &card->channels[i];
-			if(s->dev_audio != -1)
+			if(s->dev_audio >= 0)
 				unregister_sound_dsp(s->dev_audio);
 		}
 		release_region(card->iobase, 256);
@@ -3586,7 +3586,7 @@
 	for(i=0;i<NR_DSPS;i++)
 	{
 		struct ess_state *ess = &card->channels[i];
-		if(ess->dev_audio != -1)
+		if(ess->dev_audio >= 0)
 			unregister_sound_dsp(ess->dev_audio);
 	}
 	/* Goodbye, Mr. Bond. */
@@ -3690,7 +3690,7 @@
 	for(i=0;i<NR_DSPS;i++) {
 		struct ess_state *s = &card->channels[i];
-		if(s->dev_audio == -1)
+		if(s->dev_audio < 0)
 			continue;
 		M_printk("maestro: stopping apus for device %d\n",i);
@@ -3743,7 +3743,7 @@
 		struct ess_state *s = &card->channels[i];
 		int chan,reg;
-		if(s->dev_audio == -1)
+		if(s->dev_audio < 0)
 			continue;
 		for(chan = 0 ; chan < 6 ; chan++) {
-
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