Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030196AbWAZXB4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:01:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030202AbWAZXB4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:01:56 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:12295 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030197AbWAZXBz (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:01:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:01:52 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Vasil Kolev Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andre@linux-ide.org, frankt@promise.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kobject_register failed for Promise_Old_IDE (-17) Message-ID: <20060126230152.GP3668@stusta.de> References: <1138093728.5828.8.camel@lyra.home.ludost.net> <20060124223527.GA26337@kroah.com> <58cb370e0601241458y6cdf702ey9caa261702a7948a@mail.gmail.com> <1138175680.5857.4.camel@lyra.home.ludost.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1138175680.5857.4.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: 2271 Lines: 47 On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:54:40AM +0200, Vasil Kolev wrote: > ?? ????, 2006-01-24 ?? 23:58 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz ????????????: > > On 1/24/06, Greg KH wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Well, now I remember that in /sys in the proper place there were two > directories called Promise_Old_IDE, maybe the driver tried to register > twice? >... Greg, IIRC, weren't there plans to turn this case into a BUG()? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/