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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Bug #16161] [2.6.35-rc1 regression] sysfs: cannot create
 duplicate filename ... XVR-600 related?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:26:55 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:10:49 -0700

> I reverted the symlink patch that was causing the trouble.  The root
> cause is elsewhere though; it seems some firmwares report duplicate PCI
> slot numbers...

Instead of postulating, you can confirm or deny such a theory
by taking a look at the repository of sparc openfirmware tree
dumps maintained at:

	master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/prtconfs.git