Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750791AbWAXWfi (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:35:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750796AbWAXWfi (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:35:38 -0500 Received: from dsl093-040-174.pdx1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.93.40.174]:20684 "EHLO aria.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750791AbWAXWfh (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:35:37 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:35:27 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Vasil Kolev Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andre@linux-ide.org, frankt@promise.com Subject: Re: kobject_register failed for Promise_Old_IDE (-17) Message-ID: <20060124223527.GA26337@kroah.com> References: <1138093728.5828.8.camel@lyra.home.ludost.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1138093728.5828.8.camel@lyra.home.ludost.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1496 Lines: 29 On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:08:47AM +0200, Vasil Kolev wrote: > Hello, > I have a machine that's currently running 2.4.28 with the promise_old > driver, which runs ok. I tried upgrading it last night to 2.6.15, and > the following error occured, and no drives were detected/made available: > > [17179598.940000] kobject_register failed for Promise_Old_IDE (-17) > [17179598.940000] [dump_stack+21/23] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 > [17179598.940000] [kobject_register+52/64] kobject_register+0x34/0x40 > [17179598.940000] [bus_add_driver+69/163] bus_add_driver+0x45/0xa3 > [17179598.940000] [driver_register+57/60] driver_register+0x39/0x3c > [17179598.940000] [__pci_register_driver+125/132] __pci_register_driver+0x7d/0x84 > [17179598.940000] [__ide_pci_register_driver+19/53] __ide_pci_register_driver+0x13/0x35 > [17179598.940000] [pg0+945449588/1069855744] pdc202xx_ide_init+0x12/0x16 [pdc202xx_old] > [17179598.940000] [sys_init_module+193/430] sys_init_module+0xc1/0x1ae > [17179598.940000] [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb This means that some other driver tried to register with the same exact name for the same bus. As it looks like this is the ide bus, I suggest asking on the linux ide mailing list. thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/