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Message-ID: <20080225222152.GA2990@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:21:52 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PCI] duplicate sysfs symbols getting registered in current git

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:03:38PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:31:22PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 07:15:57PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:52:25PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > > > > > > Booting an x86 SMP PC with todays git-snapshot or just with 2.6.25-rc2 
> > > > > > > > getting the following warnings (with a bit of context):
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Can you try enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT and sending the output at boot
> > > > > > > time from this?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > dmesg output with CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=19 sent privately to Greg as 
> > > > > > unpacked, as it would have to be sent to the list, is 408K big. Will see 
> > > > > > what Greg says.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Actually, the most annoying problem with post 2.6.24 kernels on this 
> > > > > machine is, that the system doesn't power off or reboot any more. And 
> > > > > seeing other reports, where the reason for not powering down was unfreed 
> > > > > kobjects, maybe this is the problem here too?
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Then I suggest filing a new bug report so it doesn't get lost.
> 
> Have you found anything interesting in the kobj debugging output? Do you 
> think these are two related problems (kobj and failing power-off) or 
> separate?

I have been busy with other things today, sorry haven't gotten the
chance, it's in my queue.

> So should I file two bug-reports or just one? You mean on bugzilla?

Well, the kobject mess is one issue, and the shutdown issue is another
one.  bugzilla would be nice.

thanks,

greg k-h
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