*/
 struct usbduxfast_private {
        int attached;           /* is attached? */
-       int probed;             /* is it associated with a subdevice? */
        struct usb_device *usb; /* pointer to the usb-device */
        struct urb *urbIn;      /* BULK-transfer handling: urb */
        int8_t *transfer_buffer;
                return -EFAULT;
        }
        down(&devpriv->sem);
-       if (!devpriv->probed) {
-               up(&devpriv->sem);
-               return -ENODEV;
-       }
        /* unlink */
        ret = usbduxfast_ai_stop(devpriv, 1);
        up(&devpriv->sem);
                                 struct comedi_subdevice *s,
                                 struct comedi_cmd *cmd)
 {
-       struct usbduxfast_private *devpriv = dev->private;
        int err = 0;
        long int steps, tmp;
        int minSamplPer;
 
-       if (!devpriv->probed)
-               return -ENODEV;
-
        /* Step 1 : check if triggers are trivially valid */
 
        err |= cfc_check_trigger_src(&cmd->start_src,
                return -EFAULT;
 
        down(&devpriv->sem);
-       if (!devpriv->probed) {
-               up(&devpriv->sem);
-               return -ENODEV;
-       }
 
        if (trignum != 0) {
                dev_err(dev->class_dev, "%s: invalid trignum\n", __func__);
                return -EFAULT;
 
        down(&devpriv->sem);
-       if (!devpriv->probed) {
-               up(&devpriv->sem);
-               return -ENODEV;
-       }
        if (devpriv->ai_cmd_running) {
                dev_err(dev->class_dev,
                        "ai_cmd not possible. Another ai_cmd is running.\n");
        }
 
        down(&devpriv->sem);
-       if (!devpriv->probed) {
-               up(&devpriv->sem);
-               return -ENODEV;
-       }
        if (devpriv->ai_cmd_running) {
                dev_err(dev->class_dev,
                        "ai_insn_read not possible. Async Command is running.\n");
        if (!devpriv->transfer_buffer)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       devpriv->probed = 1;
-
        /*
         * Request, and upload, the firmware so we can
         * complete the comedi_driver (*auto_attach).
        if (devpriv->intf)
                usb_set_intfdata(devpriv->intf, NULL);
 
-       devpriv->probed = 0;
-
        if (devpriv->urbIn) {
                /* waits until a running transfer is over */
                usb_kill_urb(devpriv->urbIn);