Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:18:51 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Subject: Re: pktcdvd -> sysfs warning with 2.6.27
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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 09:25:07PM +0100, Nix wrote:
> On 12 Oct 2008, Greg KH stated:
> > Perhaps some other kernel code is registering with that same major/minor
> > number, making it already present in sysfs.  Where does that sysfs file
> > link to before you load your driver?
> 
> It's not modular right now so it's sort of hard to tell. I'll rebuild it
> as a module and have a look (be a while before I can reboot though,
> other people are using this machine right now).

How about before you run that command on the machine?

thanks,

greg k-h
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