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Re: i8xx_tco.ko?



On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 07:23:19PM +0530, Girish Kulkarni wrote:
> I use Debian Etch on a Dell Inspiron 640m laptop and get this message
> at every boot:
> 
>     Detecting hardware...FATAL: Error inserting i8xx_tco
>     (/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/
>     i8xx_tco.ko):No such device
> 
> How do I understand what is happening? What is i8xx_tco.ko supposed to
> do? Is there any way I can stop getting this message? Any comments
> will help.

Given the message you posted, it looks like it is a watchdog timer
control module.  If you don't have or need watchdog support, then I'd
ignore the message; as long as everything works fine.  

Doug.


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