Hardy: sysfs: duplicate filename 'i2c ir driver' can not be created

[Frank Haverkamp]

According to my dmesg output sysfs has trouble when lirc is used:
    sysfs: duplicate filename 'i2c ir driver' can not be created

I am using Hardy and updated to the latest code.

uname -r
2.6.24-16-generic

Here my dmesg output:

[ 74.677303] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
[ 74.734266] bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded
[ 74.734271] bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
[ 74.817681] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.1.0
[ 74.818238] ivtv: End initialization
[ 74.834615] lirc_i2c: chip 0x1001b found @ 0x71 (Hauppauge HVR1300)
[ 74.834981] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
[ 74.912254] sysfs: duplicate filename 'i2c ir driver' can not be created
[ 74.912260] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/fs/sysfs/dir.c:424 sysfs_add_one()
[ 74.912264] Pid: 7423, comm: modprobe Tainted: PF 2.6.24-16-generic #1
[ 74.912266]
[ 74.912266] Call Trace:
[ 74.912292] [<ffffffff802fe418>] sysfs_add_one+0xb8/0xf0
[ 74.912301] [<ffffffff802fea30>] create_dir+0x60/0xb0
[ 74.912321] [<ffffffff802feab1>] sysfs_create_dir+0x31/0x50
[ 74.912327] [<ffffffff80344912>] kobject_get+0x12/0x20
[ 74.912332] [<ffffffff80344f23>] kobject_add+0xb3/0x200
[ 74.912345] [<ffffffff80345108>] kobject_register+0x28/0x50
[ 74.912355] [<ffffffff803b9581>] bus_add_driver+0x91/0x220
[ 74.912374] [<ffffffff8821588f>] :i2c_core:i2c_register_driver+0x7f/0x130
[ 74.912384] [<ffffffff88eb01c3>] :lirc_pvr150:init_module+0x53/0x60
[ 74.912391] [<ffffffff80263b6e>] sys_init_module+0x18e/0x1a90
[ 74.912452] [<ffffffff88e480d0>] :lirc_dev:lirc_register_plugin+0x0/0x520
[ 74.912478] [<ffffffff8020c37e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
[ 74.912507]
[ 74.912510] kobject_add failed for i2c ir driver with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory.
[ 74.912514] Pid: 7423, comm: modprobe Tainted: PF 2.6.24-16-generic #1
[ 74.912516]
[ 74.912516] Call Trace:
[ 74.912524] [<ffffffff80344fb9>] kobject_add+0x149/0x200
[ 74.912537] [<ffffffff80345108>] kobject_register+0x28/0x50
[ 74.912546] [<ffffffff803b9581>] bus_add_driver+0x91/0x220
[ 74.912563] [<ffffffff8821588f>] :i2c_core:i2c_register_driver+0x7f/0x130
[ 74.912572] [<ffffffff88eb01c3>] :lirc_pvr150:init_module+0x53/0x60
[ 74.912578] [<ffffffff80263b6e>] sys_init_module+0x18e/0x1a90
[ 74.912633] [<ffffffff88e480d0>] :lirc_dev:lirc_register_plugin+0x0/0x520
[ 74.912659] [<ffffffff8020c37e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
[ 74.912688]
[ 1313.931147] wlan2: RX disassociation from 00:1b:11:f7:94:72 (reason=4)

[Frank Haverkamp (f-haverkamp)]

Are there yet any ideas how this can be fixed?

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

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This bug was reported against the linux-meta package when it likely should have been reported against the linux package instead. We are automatically transitioning this to the linux kernel package so that the appropriate teams are notified and made aware of this issue. Thanks.

[kernel-janitor (kernel-janitor)]

Hi f-haverkamp,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 222359

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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