[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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
index 07c9be6a6bbf..a85a60a93deb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ static int get_interface(struct slgt_info *info, int __user *if_mode)
 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);