F32_8 = 8192,   /* 3072 bytes downl. + 1024 bytes uplink * 2 -> 8192 */
 };
 
+/* Initialization states a card can be in */
+enum card_state {
+       NOZOMI_STATE_UKNOWN     = 0,
+       NOZOMI_STATE_ENABLED    = 1,    /* pci device enabled */
+       NOZOMI_STATE_ALLOCATED  = 2,    /* config setup done */
+       NOZOMI_STATE_READY      = 3,    /* flowcontrols received */
+};
+
 /* Two different toggle channels exist */
 enum channel_type {
        CH_A = 0,
        spinlock_t spin_mutex;  /* secures access to registers and tty */
 
        unsigned int index_start;
+       enum card_state state;
        u32 open_ttys;
 };
 
                dc->last_ier = dc->last_ier | CTRL_DL;
                writew(dc->last_ier, dc->reg_ier);
 
+               dc->state = NOZOMI_STATE_ALLOCATED;
                dev_info(&dc->pdev->dev, "Initialization OK!\n");
                return 1;
        }
        case CTRL_APP2:
                port = PORT_APP2;
                enable_ier = APP2_DL;
+               if (dc->state == NOZOMI_STATE_ALLOCATED) {
+                       /*
+                        * After card initialization the flow control
+                        * received for APP2 is always the last
+                        */
+                       dc->state = NOZOMI_STATE_READY;
+                       dev_info(&dc->pdev->dev, "Device READY!\n");
+               }
                break;
        default:
                dev_err(&dc->pdev->dev,
 
        dc->pdev = pdev;
 
-       /* Find out what card type it is */
-       nozomi_get_card_type(dc);
-
        ret = pci_enable_device(dc->pdev);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to enable PCI Device\n");
                goto err_free;
        }
 
-       start = pci_resource_start(dc->pdev, 0);
-       if (start == 0) {
-               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No I/O address for card detected\n");
-               ret = -ENODEV;
-               goto err_disable_device;
-       }
-
        ret = pci_request_regions(dc->pdev, NOZOMI_NAME);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "I/O address 0x%04x already in use\n",
                goto err_disable_device;
        }
 
+       start = pci_resource_start(dc->pdev, 0);
+       if (start == 0) {
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No I/O address for card detected\n");
+               ret = -ENODEV;
+               goto err_rel_regs;
+       }
+
+       /* Find out what card type it is */
+       nozomi_get_card_type(dc);
+
        dc->base_addr = ioremap(start, dc->card_type);
        if (!dc->base_addr) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to map card MMIO\n");
        dc->index_start = ndev_idx * MAX_PORT;
        ndevs[ndev_idx] = dc;
 
+       pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dc);
+
+       /* Enable RESET interrupt */
+       dc->last_ier = RESET;
+       iowrite16(dc->last_ier, dc->reg_ier);
+
+       dc->state = NOZOMI_STATE_ENABLED;
+
        for (i = 0; i < MAX_PORT; i++) {
                mutex_init(&dc->port[i].tty_sem);
                dc->port[i].tty_open_count = 0;
                                                        &pdev->dev);
        }
 
-       /* Enable  RESET interrupt. */
-       dc->last_ier = RESET;
-       writew(dc->last_ier, dc->reg_ier);
-
-       pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dc);
-
        return 0;
 
 err_free_sbuf:
        struct nozomi *dc = get_dc_by_tty(tty);
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       if (!port || !dc)
+       if (!port || !dc || dc->state != NOZOMI_STATE_READY)
                return -ENODEV;
 
        if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&port->tty_sem))
 static int ntty_tiocmset(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
        unsigned int set, unsigned int clear)
 {
+       struct nozomi *dc = get_dc_by_tty(tty);
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&dc->spin_mutex, flags);
        if (set & TIOCM_RTS)
                set_rts(tty, 1);
        else if (clear & TIOCM_RTS)
                set_dtr(tty, 1);
        else if (clear & TIOCM_DTR)
                set_dtr(tty, 0);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dc->spin_mutex, flags);
 
        return 0;
 }
        icount.brk = cnow.brk;
        icount.buf_overrun = cnow.buf_overrun;
 
-       return copy_to_user(argp, &icount, sizeof(icount));
+       return copy_to_user(argp, &icount, sizeof(icount)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
 static int ntty_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,