Ubuntu
linux-backports-modules-2.6.28 package

WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/fs/sysfs/dir.c:462 sysfs_add_one+0x4c/0x50()

Bug #360493 reported by iMac
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-backports-modules-jaunty

After installing the backport modules (in an effort to get the lastest ath9k to work with 802.11n (as most of our HP laptops running ubuntu are required to do) we installed the backports; it seems there is a conflict with the ieee80211 that ships with the kernel.

WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/fs/sysfs/dir.c:462 sysfs_add_one+0x4c/0x50()
sysfs: duplicate filename 'ieee80211' can not be created

ProblemType: KernelOops
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Failure: oops
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.41
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=4f6bf6a8-3e24-4606-8edc-017c03594074 ro splash bootdegraded=true
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.41-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: kernel-oops
Title: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/fs/sysfs/dir.c:462 sysfs_add_one+0x4c/0x50()

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iMac (imac-netstatz) wrote :
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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

This is not a bug in the linux-meta package, moving to the linux-backports-modules-* package.

affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) → linux-backports-modules-2.6.28 (Ubuntu)
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