diff -r 7d9809fbf7b9 -r f4171b8aadf8 rt/msr_module.c
--- a/rt/msr_module.c	Fri Dec 16 09:44:54 2005 +0000
+++ b/rt/msr_module.c	Fri Dec 16 12:04:59 2005 +0000
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@
     msr_jitter_init();
   printk(KERN_INFO "=== Starting EtherCAT environment... ===\n");
 
-  if ((ecat_master = EtherCAT_master(0)) == NULL)
+  if ((ecat_master = EtherCAT_request(0)) == NULL)
   {
-    printk(KERN_ERR "No EtherCAT master available!\n");
+    printk(KERN_ERR "EtherCAT master 0 not available!\n");
     msr_rtlib_cleanup();    
     return -1;
   }
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@
       EtherCAT_clear_process_data(ecat_master);
       printk(KERN_INFO "Deactivating slaves.\n");
       EtherCAT_deactivate_all_slaves(ecat_master);
+
+      EtherCAT_release(ecat_master);
     }
 
     printk(KERN_INFO "=== EtherCAT environment stopped. ===\n");