he problem is that struct asc_dvc_var is placed on shost->hostdata. So if the hostdata is not on an 8 byte boundary, the advansys crashes. The hostdata is placed on a sizeof(unsigned long) boundary so the 8 byte boundary is not garanteed with x86_32. With 2.6.23 and 2.6.24, the hostdata is on an 8 byte boundary by chance, but with the current git, it's not. This patch removes overrun_buf static array and use kzalloc. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori Signed-off-by: James Bottomley ]wd