See my post on 4/21: "2.6.17-rc2: kobject_add failed" http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=114563629810793&w=2 Perhaps this is related? http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114443491400001&r=1&w=2 Mike Andrew Morton wrote: > > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:31:05 -0500 (CDT) > From: rct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Tracy) > To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [BUG] 2.6.17-rc1: SCSI kobject_add problems > > > System is a DEC Alpha 433au with two SCSI disks. SCSI controller is a > QLA1040 supported by the qla1280 driver. Runs 2.6.16 fine. Tried > booting 2.6.17-rc1 and got > > kobject_add failed for 0:0: with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory > > and a fairly long trace output when the system attempted to add sdb. > Not surprisingly, sdb was inaccessible. > > Normally (for 2.6.16 anyway), the following relationship exists: > > sd 0:0:0:0 sda > sd 0:0:1:0 sdb > > More information *might* be available if needed, but will have to be > transcribed by hand. My /usr partition is on sdb, so I don't get very > far with 2.6.17-rc1 on Alpha :-). The problem is probably specific to > the qla1280 or the Alpha, as I have a x86 Adaptec SCSI-based system > with multiple spindles that works fine with 2.6.17-rc1. > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
