linux-kernel - Re: hid-dummy in 2.6.28

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Message-ID: <4956AF21.9070807@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:41:37 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hid-dummy in 2.6.28_rc8

On 12/24/2008 08:55 PM, Ozan Çağlayan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Whenever I boot into 2.6.28_rc8, the following line is printed(probably
> by modprobe triggered by udev) to the console:
> 
> FATAL: Error inserting hid_dummy
> (/lib/modules/2.6.28_rc8-114/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-dummy.ko):
> Input/output error
> 
> No signs of error on dmesg output? Any ideas that can help or debug the
> issue?

Hi, the error is non-fatal in this case, in addition, it's intentional. The
module is there only for dependency loading and kills itself by returning the
error from load function to not eat resources any further after it does its job.
The module will be removed completely in next few releases.
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