tq 2440

[Conke Hu]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:16:30PM +0800, Conke Hu wrote:
>> ever notice to the following kernel log?
>> "Device 's3c2440-nand' does not have a release() function, it is
>> broken and must."
>> release() function should be implemented  in the platform_device.
>
> That's not telling you to provide a release function.  The warning is
> telling you that a device is being unregistered which doesn't have a
> release function.
>
> Consider this point - maybe it doesn't have a release function because
> it's not supposed to be unregistered?
>
>> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> > WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:463 sysfs_add_one+0x30/0x44()
>> > sysfs: duplicate filename 'dm9000.0' can not be created
>
> This is the cause of the problem.  You're registering two dm9000.0
> devices.  That's illegal, and it then causes all these:
>
>> > WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:122 device_release+0x6c/0x78()
>> > Device 's3c24xx_led.3' does not have a release() function, it is broken and mus.
>> > WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:122 device_release+0x6c/0x78()
>> > Device 's3c24xx_led.2' does not have a release() function, it is broken and mus.
>> > WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:122 device_release+0x6c/0x78()
>> > Device 's3c24xx_led.1' does not have a release() function, it is broken and mus.
>> > WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:122 device_release+0x6c/0x78()
>> > Device 's3c24xx_led.0' does not have a release() function, it is broken and mus.
>> > WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:122 device_release+0x6c/0x78()
>> > Device 's3c2440-nand' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must.
> ...
>
> Fix the first problem (which is the real one) and you won't have these
> other problems (which aren't actually a problem.)
>

Right:)