windfarm modprobes fail on startup on a PS3
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu PS3 Port |
Fix Released
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initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On a PS3 and with the most recent linux ports kernel in Jaunty (alpha 6), some module insertions fail at boot.
This is purely a cosmetic issue, failures appear on start but have no incidence afterwards.
Here is the log on 2.6.28-4 (but 2.6.28-5 is the same):
FATAL: Error inserting therm_pm72 (/lib/modules/
FATAL: Error inserting windfarm_pm112 (/lib/modules/
FATAL: Error inserting windfarm_pm81 (/lib/modules/
FATAL: Error inserting windfarm_pm91 (/lib/modules/
FATAL: Error inserting windfarm_
FATAL: Error inserting windfarm_
[...kinit...]
Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-Q] [-b] [-o <modname>] [ --dump-modversions ] <modname> [parameters...]
modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ...
modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...]
This is really only a cosmetic issue, and your PS3 should not be adversely affected, unless your PS3's fans etc don't work under Linux.
The reason why these modules get force loaded, and fail, is because there is no mechanism in place for them to be auto loaded for the hardware they are meant for, and since nothing happens if they fail to load, this is the best approach.