This patch to drivers/char/pcwd.c against 2.5.4 does two things:
a) Makes one code snippet more consistent with the rest of the code, and
b) Makes it possible for this code to actually work

Nearly the same patch against 2.4 was reviewed by Alan, and, well, the
maintainer seems to have disappeared.  It's also looking like no one uses
this driver much either.

Regards,
Rob Radez