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Re: lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy



On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:09:28PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote:
> 
> I had to reconfigure my printer port from IRQ 7 to IRQ 5 (because I?ve 
> got a soundcard which is hardwired to IRQ 7 <grr>).
> 
> Luckily I had compiled lp as a module, so I thought a simple change from
> `modprobe lp irq=7` to "irq=5" should suffice. Nope:
> 
> bash-2.03# insmod lp.o irq=5
> lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> 
> syslogs tells:
> Jul  6 20:06:14 WatchZwerg kernel: lp0: Not found
> Jul  6 20:06:14 WatchZwerg kernel: lp: No override devices found.
> 
> But as far as I can tell IRQ 5 is free:
> bash-2.03# cat /proc/interrupts 
>  0:      70383   timer
>  1:       2356   keyboard
>  2:          0   cascade
>  4:       5556 + serial
>  7:          0   sound blaster
>  9:         54   eth0
> 10:        783   eth1
> 12:         61 + 53c7,8xx
> 13:          1   math error
> 14:      10430 + ide0
> 15:         26 + ide1
> 
> Hints? FM?s? Clue!?

First the hints:

/sbin/modinfo -p lp
filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.5-ac7/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o
description: <none>
author:      <none>
parm:        parport string array (min = 1, max = 8)
parm:        reset int

/sbin/modinfo -p parport_pc
filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.5-ac7/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o
description: "PC-style parallel port driver"
author:      "Phil Blundell, Tim Waugh, others"
parm:        io int array (min = 1, max = 16), description "Base I/O address (SPP regs)"
parm:        io_hi int array (min = 1, max = 16), description "Base I/O address (ECR)"
parm:        irq string array (min = 1, max = 16), description "IRQ line"
parm:        dma string array (min = 1, max = 16), description "DMA channel"

/sbin/modinfo -p parport   
filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.5-ac7/kernel/drivers/parport/parport.o
description: <none>
author:      <none>

The clue is that you need to insmod parport_pc first and it needs to know 
the irq.  Try this:

echo "options parport_pc irq=5" >> /etc/modutils/local
update-modules
modprobe lp  # (kmod could also load it automatically)

Cheers,


Joost



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