Re: could not append to parent, err: -17

On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 12:20:50AM +0100, Claudio Coppola wrote:
> I have installed Comedi 0.7.65
> 
> I get the following in dmesg just after modprobe pcl724
> 
> comedi: version 0.7.65 - David Schleef <ds_at_schleef.org>
> devfs_register(comedi0): could not append to parent, err: -17
> devfs_register(comedi1): could not append to parent, err: -17
> devfs_register(comedi2): could not append to parent, err: -17
> devfs_register(comedi3): could not append to parent, err: -17
> 
> The drivers seem to work ok, does this require further investigation?

You probably created the /dev/comediN files manually, which is
not necessary with devfs.  The error means "File exists".  It's
probably best to unload comedi.o, delete the /dev/comediN files,
and reload comedi.o.



dave...

Received on 2002-09-20Z18:26:38