Re: 2.2.20: pci-scan+natsemi & Device or resource busy

From: J Sloan (jjs@pobox.com)
Date: Sun Jan 27 2002 - 23:48:28 EST


Just curious, your friend is trying Linux
for the first time, using a distro that is
several years old?

He might have a better experience using
something a bit more recent, aside from
the other advice that has been given...

Joe

Stevie O wrote:

> My friend is trying Linux for the first time. I'm having him use the
> pci-scan and natsemi modules for his Netgear FA-311 card. With the
> initial download and compile and insmod, he got that wonderful message:
>
> natsemi.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
>
> He was using 2.2.13, so I got him to upgrade to 2.2.20 to see if that
> might have fixed some problem. However, the problem still hasn't gone
> away :(
> No amount of googling has revealed a solution to the problem, since
> which I've discovered that "Device or resource busy" is an extremely
> vague error message.
>
> Please help!
>
>
> --
> Stevie-O
>
> Real programmers use COPY CON PROGRAM.EXE
>
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