Hi,
this looks like a bug to me (see below)
happens on 2.6.24rc6 and i came across this by chance...
i`m here on notebook with vmware only, so i cannot test if this happens on real
hardware, too.
maybe someone can try "modprobe pata_winbond" twice and see if this is
reproduceable
regards
Roland
opensuse103:~ # modprobe pata_winbond
FATAL: Error inserting pata_winbond
(/lib/modules/2.6.24-rc6-vanilla+suseconfig/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.ko):
No such device
dmesg:
scsi1 : pata_winbond
ata1: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 irq 14
opensuse103:~ # rmmod pata_winbond
ERROR: Module pata_winbond does not exist in /proc/modules
opensuse103:~ # lsmod |grep winbond
opensuse103:~ #
ok, it did not load (as expected)
but on second load:
opensuse103:~ # modprobe pata_winbond
FATAL: Error inserting pata_winbond
(/lib/modules/2.6.24-rc6-vanilla+suseconfig/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.ko):
No such device
dmesg:
sysfs: duplicate filename 'pata_winbond.0' can not be created
WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:424 sysfs_add_one()
Pid: 2472, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.24-rc6-vanilla+suseconfig #11
[] sysfs_add_one+0x54/0xb8
[] create_dir+0x3c/0x6c
[] sysfs_create_dir+0x2d/0x40
[] kobject_get+0xf/0x13
[] kobject_add+0xe8/0x18f
[] kobject_set_name+0x81/0x94
[] device_add+0x8b/0x462
[] platform_device_add+0xe8/0x116
[] platform_device_register_simple+0x34/0x4a
[] winbond_init+0x112/0x29c [pata_winbond]
[] sys_init_module+0x1675/0x172d
[] do_sync_read+0x0/0x10a
[] do_sync_read+0xc7/0x10a
[] __do_softirq+0x75/0xe1
[] __request_region+0x0/0x74
[] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa9
===
kobject_add failed for pata_winbond.0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register
things with the same name in the same directory.
Pid: 2472, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.24-rc6-vanilla+suseconfig #11
[] kobject_add+0x13c/0x18f
[] kobject_add+0x15d/0x18f
[] kobject_set_name+0x81/0x94
[] device_add+0x8b/0x462
[] platform_device_add+0xe8/0x116
[] platform_device_register_simple+0x34/0x4a
[] winbond_init+0x112/0x29c [pata_winbond]
[] sys_init_module+0x1675/0x172d
[] do_sync_read+0x0/0x10a
[] do_sync_read+0xc7/0x10a
[] __do_softirq+0x75/0xe1
[] __request_region+0x0/0x74
[] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa9
===
opensuse103:/ # find /sys |grep winbond
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/uevent
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/power
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/power/wakeup
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/modalias
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/subsystem
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/host1
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/host1/uevent
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/host1/power
/sys/devices/platform/pata_winbond.0/host1/power/wakeup
/sys/bus/platform/devices/pata_winbond.0
opensuse103:/ # lspci -vvv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 01)
Subsystem: VMware Inc virtualHW v3
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
Reset- FastB2B+
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 08)
Subsystem: VMware Inc virtualHW v3
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
SERR- TAbort-
Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: VMware Inc Unknown device 0790
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32
LANCE] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] PCnet - Fast 79C971
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
SERR- http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=0066
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