* Re: [2.6.18.2] ide_core bug: kobject_add failed for ide ... - with vanilla kernel
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@ 2007-01-08 8:21 ` Andreas Hartmann
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From: Andreas Hartmann @ 2007-01-08 8:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello Lee,
Lee Revell wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 18:44 +0100, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> ide_core is loaded (while putting in an USB stick) as module the first
>> time after reboot - all works fine. The USB stick got mounted and a ls
>> is done to show the files on the root of the filesystem of the stick.
>> Afterwards, the stick is securely removed from the system.
>> Afterwards, ide_core is unloaded with rmmod (after usb-storage has been
>> unloaded) - ok.
>>
>> Next step is to load ide_core again. Now, the following error can be
>> found in /var/log/messages:
>>
>>
>> Jan 7 11:48:18 notebook1 kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
>> Revision: 7.00alpha2
>> Jan 7 11:48:18 notebook1 kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed
>> for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
>> Jan 7 11:48:18 notebook1 kernel: kobject_add failed for ide with
>> -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same
>> directory.
>
> You seem to be running a SuSE kernel - please report the issue to them.
You are right - but the same error appears with the vanilla kernel, too.
That's why I reported it here.
> It's probably useful to repeat your test but run "find /sys/module >
> sys1" before loading ide_core the first time, then "find /sys/module >
> sys2" after "rmmod ide_core", and save the output of "diff sys1 sys2".
There isn't any difference.
Kind regards,
Andreas Hartmann
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