"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
"Rafael E. Herrera" wrote:
dproc@dol.net wrote:
I want to know what "Device or resource busy" means. Is there some kind of debug option I can use to get a more specific error message?
That means that the driver probed the hardware where it thought the card would be. It found a device already using that space or no device at all.
Would it be more accurate if the message was "Device or resource busy or unavailable"? Looks to me as though the message is very misleading if the device just isn't there. I wonder who should be asked to fix that?
My last claim is not right. Device busy means you queried the device and it did not acknowledge and resource busy means the driver asked for some system resource, e.g. io port, irq line, etc. and the kernel denied it because some other driver may be using it. There are probably separate messages when there is no hardware where you are probing. -- Rafael -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/