}
 
 /*** the terminal driver ***/
-/* stolen from usbserial and some other tty drivers */
-
-static int  if_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp);
-static void if_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp);
-static int  if_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
-                    unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
-static int  if_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty);
-static int  if_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
-static void if_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty);
-static void if_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
-static void if_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty, struct ktermios *old);
-static int  if_tiocmget(struct tty_struct *tty);
-static int  if_tiocmset(struct tty_struct *tty,
-                       unsigned int set, unsigned int clear);
-static int  if_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
-                    const unsigned char *buf, int count);
-
-static const struct tty_operations if_ops = {
-       .open =                 if_open,
-       .close =                if_close,
-       .ioctl =                if_ioctl,
-       .write =                if_write,
-       .write_room =           if_write_room,
-       .chars_in_buffer =      if_chars_in_buffer,
-       .set_termios =          if_set_termios,
-       .throttle =             if_throttle,
-       .unthrottle =           if_unthrottle,
-       .tiocmget =             if_tiocmget,
-       .tiocmset =             if_tiocmset,
-};
 
 static int if_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 {
 static int if_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
        struct cardstate *cs = tty->driver_data;
-       int retval = -ENODEV;
+       int retval;
 
        gig_dbg(DEBUG_IF, "%u: %s()", cs->minor_index, __func__);
 
        mutex_unlock(&cs->mutex);
 }
 
+static const struct tty_operations if_ops = {
+       .open =                 if_open,
+       .close =                if_close,
+       .ioctl =                if_ioctl,
+       .write =                if_write,
+       .write_room =           if_write_room,
+       .chars_in_buffer =      if_chars_in_buffer,
+       .set_termios =          if_set_termios,
+       .throttle =             if_throttle,
+       .unthrottle =           if_unthrottle,
+       .tiocmget =             if_tiocmget,
+       .tiocmset =             if_tiocmset,
+};
+
 
 /* wakeup tasklet for the write operation */
 static void if_wake(unsigned long data)