1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c b/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
index 2e830ec52a5a..f8babbeee275 100644
--- a/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
@@ -519,12 +519,15 @@ static int __devinit ep93xxfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                 goto failed;
         }
 
-        res = request_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res), pdev->name);
-        if (!res) {
-                err = -EBUSY;
-                goto failed;
-        }
-
+        /*
+         * FIXME - We don't do a request_mem_region here because we are
+         * sharing the register space with the backlight driver (see
+         * drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c) and doing so will cause
+         * the second loaded driver to return -EBUSY.
+         *
+         * NOTE: No locking is required; the backlight does not touch
+         * any of the framebuffer registers.
+         */
         fbi->res = res;
         fbi->mmio_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
         if (!fbi->mmio_base) {
@@ -586,8 +589,6 @@ failed:
                 clk_put(fbi->clk);
         if (fbi->mmio_base)
                 iounmap(fbi->mmio_base);
-        if (fbi->res)
-                release_mem_region(fbi->res->start, resource_size(fbi->res));
         ep93xxfb_dealloc_videomem(info);
         if (&info->cmap)
                 fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
@@ -608,7 +609,6 @@ static int __devexit ep93xxfb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
         clk_disable(fbi->clk);
         clk_put(fbi->clk);
         iounmap(fbi->mmio_base);
-        release_mem_region(fbi->res->start, resource_size(fbi->res));
         ep93xxfb_dealloc_videomem(info);
         fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);