To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Subject: Re: pktcdvd -> sysfs warning with 2.6.27
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From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:36:43 +0100
In-Reply-To: <20081012221851.GB22940@kroah.com> (Greg KH's message of "Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:18:51 -0700")
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On 12 Oct 2008, Greg KH verbalised:

> 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?

Oh, er, true, that would work too.

Still needs a reboot though :/

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