*/
 static int __devinit via_pci_setup_mmio(struct viafb_dev *vdev)
 {
+       int ret;
        /*
-        * Hook up to the device registers.
+        * Hook up to the device registers.  Note that we soldier
+        * on if it fails; the framebuffer can operate (without
+        * acceleration) without this region.
         */
        vdev->engine_start = pci_resource_start(vdev->pdev, 1);
        vdev->engine_len = pci_resource_len(vdev->pdev, 1);
-       /* If this fails, others will notice later */
        vdev->engine_mmio = ioremap_nocache(vdev->engine_start,
                        vdev->engine_len);
-
+       if (vdev->engine_mmio == NULL)
+               dev_err(&vdev->pdev->dev,
+                               "Unable to map engine MMIO; operation will be "
+                               "slow and crippled.\n");
        /*
-        * Likewise with I/O memory.
+        * Map in framebuffer memory.  For now, failure here is
+        * fatal.  Unfortunately, in the absence of significant
+        * vmalloc space, failure here is also entirely plausible.
+        * Eventually we want to move away from mapping this
+        * entire region.
         */
        vdev->fbmem_start = pci_resource_start(vdev->pdev, 0);
-       vdev->fbmem_len = viafb_get_fb_size_from_pci(vdev->chip_type);
-       if (vdev->fbmem_len < 0)
-               return vdev->fbmem_len;
+       ret = vdev->fbmem_len = viafb_get_fb_size_from_pci(vdev->chip_type);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto out_unmap;
        vdev->fbmem = ioremap_nocache(vdev->fbmem_start, vdev->fbmem_len);
-       if (vdev->fbmem == NULL)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (vdev->fbmem == NULL) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_unmap;
+       }
        return 0;
+out_unmap:
+       iounmap(vdev->engine_mmio);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static void __devexit via_pci_teardown_mmio(struct viafb_dev *vdev)
        viafb_int_init();
        via_setup_subdevs(&global_dev);
        /*
-        * Set up the framebuffer.
+        * Set up the framebuffer device
         */
        ret = via_fb_pci_probe(&global_dev);
        if (ret)
                goto out_subdevs;
-
        return 0;
 
 out_subdevs: