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Re: Unable to load iwlagn module: Failed to register hw (error -17)

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Hi John,

On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 21:25 -0700, John Ranson wrote:
> [    4.252445] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13
> 802.11a channels
> [    4.252556] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 30 for MSI/MSI-X
> [    4.252945] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Failed to register hw (error -17)
> [    4.253255] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
> [    4.253263] iwlagn: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -17

This is ieee80211_register_hw() returning error 17 (EEXIST). One spot I
saw where this can happen is if you are trying to register with the same
name (wlanX) already used by another netdevice. Does this sound possible
in your setup?

Johannes - do you perhaps have an idea when this can happen?

Reinette


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