diff --git a/include/linux/mISDNif.h b/include/linux/mISDNif.h
index 5c948f3..8f2d60d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mISDNif.h
+++ b/include/linux/mISDNif.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 #define	MISDN_MAJOR_VERSION	1
 #define	MISDN_MINOR_VERSION	0
-#define MISDN_RELEASE		18
+#define MISDN_RELEASE		19
 
 /* primitives for information exchange
  * generell format
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@
 #define TEI_SAPI		63
 #define CTRL_SAPI		0
 
-#define MISDN_CHMAP_SIZE	4
+#define MISDN_MAX_CHANNEL	127
+#define MISDN_CHMAP_SIZE	((MISDN_MAX_CHANNEL + 1) >> 3)
 
 #define SOL_MISDN	0
 
@@ -275,11 +276,32 @@
 	u_int			Dprotocols;
 	u_int			Bprotocols;
 	u_int			protocol;
-	u_long			channelmap[MISDN_CHMAP_SIZE];
+	u_char			channelmap[MISDN_CHMAP_SIZE];
 	u_int			nrbchan;
 	char			name[MISDN_MAX_IDLEN];
 };
 
+static inline int
+test_channelmap(u_int nr, u_char *map)
+{
+	if (nr <= MISDN_MAX_CHANNEL)
+		return map[nr >> 3] & (1 << (nr & 7));
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+set_channelmap(u_int nr, u_char *map)
+{
+	map[nr >> 3] |= (1 << (nr & 7));
+}
+
+static inline void
+clear_channelmap(u_int nr, u_char *map)
+{
+	map[nr >> 3] &= ~(1 << (nr & 7));
+}
+
 /* CONTROL_CHANNEL parameters */
 #define MISDN_CTRL_GETOP		0x0000
 #define MISDN_CTRL_LOOP			0x0001
@@ -405,7 +427,7 @@
 	u_int			Dprotocols;
 	u_int			Bprotocols;
 	u_int			nrbchan;
-	u_long			channelmap[MISDN_CHMAP_SIZE];
+	u_char			channelmap[MISDN_CHMAP_SIZE];
 	struct list_head	bchannels;
 	struct mISDNchannel	*teimgr;
 	struct device		dev;
@@ -430,7 +452,7 @@
 #endif
 };
 
-/* global alloc/queue dunctions */
+/* global alloc/queue functions */
 
 static inline struct sk_buff *
 mI_alloc_skb(unsigned int len, gfp_t gfp_mask)