Re: kobject_add failed with -EEXIST

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Nov 21 2006 - 02:40:23 EST


On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 06:31:58PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 06:14:56PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >> DEV: Unregistering device. ID = 'cls_device'
> >> PM: Removing info for No Bus:cls_device
> >> device_create_release called for cls_device
> >> device class 'cls_class': unregistering
> >> class 'cls_class': release.
> >> class_create_release called for cls_class
> >> cls_exit
> >
> > What does sysfs look like at this point in time? Does
> > /sys/class/cls_class exist?
>
> No, there is no such dir (it disappears).
>
> > Also, which kernel version are you using here?
>
> 2.6.19-rc6, 2.6.19-rc5-mm2

I can't duplicate this here at all with your example code. Check
userspace to see if HAL or your udev scripts are doing something
"odd"...

What distro is this, and what version of HAL and udev are you using?

thanks,

greg k-h
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