linux-kernel - Re: hid-dummy.ko Input/output error -- causing huge delays

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Message-ID: <49AD17DD.1030206@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:43:25 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: hid-dummy.ko Input/output error -- causing huge delays

On 3.3.2009 02:51, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez<mcgrof@...il.com>  wrote:
>> FATAL: Error inserting hid_dummy
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.29-rc6-wl/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-dummy.ko):
>> Input/output error
>>
>> I remember reading a thread where you said this was non-fatal and that
>> hid-dummy.ko would go away. On my system, every now in a blue moon the
>> above causes a huge delay during the bootup sequence. I'm talking
>> about a full 1-2 minute delay. Why is the delay so sporadic?
>
> s/once in a blue moon/often/
>
> as it seems I get this now upon every reboot.

So I suppose the problem goes away, when you change -EIO to 0 in
drivers/hid/hid-dummy.c
?
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