From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756516Ab2AMAmj (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:42:39 -0500 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:51707 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756472Ab2AMAmh (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:42:37 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: rEMD0b/AsOqrJKD6koH+5OCV2Yx6+nh1GFVCsYdnHPQ0 1326415356 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:39:29 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Greg White Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: MULTIPLE WARNING: at =?utf-8?Q?fs=2Fsy?= =?utf-8?B?c2ZzL2Rpci5jOjQ1NSBzeXNmc19hZGRfb25l4oCP4oCP?= Message-ID: <20120113003929.GB16942@kroah.com> References: <20120112213702.GA17405@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 05:51:10PM -0600, Greg White wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 02:40:18PM -0600, Greg W wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just installed Linux on my HP 6200 PC using UEFI. The Ubuntu lucid kernel caused my computer to freeze during shutdown and reboots. So I downloaded 3.1.6 from kernel.org and compiled my own kernel and it works fine except for the following messages in my dmesg: > > > > > > [2.295957] ------------[ cut here ]------------ > > > [2.295962] WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:455 sysfs_add_one+0xc1/0xf0() > > > [2.295964] Hardware name: HP Compaq 6200 Pro Small Form Factor > > > [2.295966] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/firmware/efi/vars/SlotPresent-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9' > > > > This is a BIOS problem, with EFI, go complain to your manufacturer that > > they are creating multiple slots with the same name. > > > > > [2.296043] kobject_add_internal failed for > > > SlotPresent-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. > > > > See, the kernel told you this :) > > > > best of luck, > > > > greg k-h > > Thank you for the clarification.  When I see WARNING: at > fs/sysfs/dir.c:455 sysfs_add_one+0xc1/0xf0() I think kernel problem.  > If I saw WARNING: BIOS is trying to register things with the same name > in the same directory, I would have thought BIOS issue.  Maybe you > could make the warning a little more clear the problem is in the BIOS > and not the kernel? Patches are always welcome :) thanks, greg k-h