[OpenAFS-devel] Can't load kernel module on custom Linux 6.5.2

Ben Huntsman ben@huntsmans.net
Tue, 5 Nov 2024 04:17:36 +0000


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Hi Ben-
   Thank you for the reply!  I posted this on behalf of a colleague.  It wa=
s determined that this was due to the user not building the kernel with the=
 AFS Support option.

Thank you!!

-Ben

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From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 4, 2024 7:52 PM
To: Ben Huntsman <ben@huntsmans.net>
Cc: openafs-devel@openafs.org <openafs-devel@openafs.org>
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS-devel] Can't load kernel module on custom Linux 6.5.2

To answer the question as stated, no, I have not seen this myself.  But ...

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 01:07:22AM +0000, Ben Huntsman wrote:
> Hi there-
>    This is totally unrelated to my previous e-mail regarding FreeBSD.
>
>    Has anyone seen this error on Linux:
>
> # insmod openafs.ko
> insmod: ERROR: could not insert module openafs.ko: Device or resource bus=
y

There is sometimes some more helpful information in the dmesg output; is
there anything relevant there?

-Ben

>
>    This is on a "custom" Linux system not based on RHEL/SLES/Ubuntu/Debia=
n.  The architecture is amd64, the kernel is 6.5.2, and the configure optio=
ns were --enable-transarc-paths --with-linux-kernel-packaging
>
>    The kernel was recently recompiled to eliminate that as an issue also.
>
> Thank you!
>
> -Ben
>
>

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<b>To:</b> Ben Huntsman &lt;ben@huntsmans.net&gt;<br>
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<div class=3D"PlainText">To answer the question as stated, no, I have not s=
een this myself.&nbsp; But ...<br>
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On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 01:07:22AM +0000, Ben Huntsman wrote:<br>
&gt; Hi there-<br>
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is totally unrelated to my previous e-mail rega=
rding FreeBSD.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Has anyone seen this error on Linux:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; # insmod openafs.ko<br>
&gt; insmod: ERROR: could not insert module openafs.ko: Device or resource =
busy<br>
<br>
There is sometimes some more helpful information in the dmesg output; is<br=
>
there anything relevant there?<br>
<br>
-Ben<br>
<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is on a &quot;custom&quot; Linux system not bas=
ed on RHEL/SLES/Ubuntu/Debian.&nbsp; The architecture is amd64, the kernel =
is 6.5.2, and the configure options were --enable-transarc-paths --with-lin=
ux-kernel-packaging<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The kernel was recently recompiled to eliminate that=
 as an issue also.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thank you!<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; -Ben<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
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