Move this check from the (*do_cmd) to the (*do_cmdtest).
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
        if (!cmd->chanlist_len)
                err |= -EINVAL;
 
+       /* external start trigger is only valid for 1 or 16 channels */
+       if (cmd->start_src == TRIG_EXT &&
+           cmd->chanlist_len != 1 && cmd->chanlist_len != 16)
+               err |= -EINVAL;
+
        err |= comedi_check_trigger_arg_is(&cmd->scan_end_arg,
                                           cmd->chanlist_len);
 
                up(&devpriv->sem);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-       if ((cmd->start_src == TRIG_EXT) && (cmd->chanlist_len != 1)
-           && (cmd->chanlist_len != 16)) {
-               dev_err(dev->class_dev,
-                       "TRIG_EXT only with 1 or 16 channels possible\n");
-               up(&devpriv->sem);
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
 
        switch (cmd->chanlist_len) {
        case 1: