Michael Nelson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 12:38:30PM +0200, Rudolf Marek wrote:
>
>
>> Find this line:
>>
>> data->therm_status = eax;
>>
>> on next line add
>>
>> printk("EAX from MSR %x\n", eax);
>>
>> and find this line:
>> if (eax & 0x80000000) {
>> and on next line add
>>
>> printk("in temp condition\n");
>>
>
> Ok, I did that, recompiled it using
>
> make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=$PWD modules
>
> Then copied it to:
>
> /lib/modules/2.6.18/kernel/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.ko
>
> depmod -a
>
> # modprobe coretemp
> # lsmod | grep core
> #
>
> Hmmmm
>
> The end of dmesg says:
>
> kobject_add failed for coretemp.0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things
> with the same name in the same directory.
> [<c01b32fd>] kobject_add+0x10d/0x180
> [<c02109f6>] device_add+0x86/0x2c0
> [<c0213c24>] platform_device_add+0xe4/0x150
> [<f92640c5>] coretemp_init+0xc5/0x15f [coretemp]
> [<c0135d4c>] sys_init_module+0x12c/0x1ac0
> [<c0102c5d>] sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x79
> coretemp: Device addition failed (-17)
>
> What's next?
>
I think something has been left out in kernel. Did you rmmoded the
driver before inserting the new one?
If you rmmoded, there is some problem. Please reboot and try to load the
driver again.
Thanks
Regards
Rudolf
