diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3afaeb2a18a6..f150a25355a2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d9a861d55e0cf60829956d7c6e18b7de0b02ab92
+refs/heads/master: 37859f8893c00fe4baa95f61ba560b9990f59484
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
index 300fd8400a4b..02e4ae0643a7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ struct comedi_device {
 	void (*close) (struct comedi_device *dev);
 };
 
+static inline const void *comedi_board(struct comedi_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->board_ptr;
+}
+
 struct comedi_device_file_info {
 	struct comedi_device *device;
 	struct comedi_subdevice *read_subdevice;