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authorCarsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org>2009-12-22 00:58:59 +0100
committerJohn Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>2009-12-22 00:58:59 +0100
commit77c00420d06ec5010a251d4ecac1f74201cd20ca (patch)
treec955aadca775d495bed690003af50b5b83e45f40
parentb1ff404d5545dd69ecc44b0055efb5478ec624f6 (diff)
downloadrt-tests-77c00420d06ec5010a251d4ecac1f74201cd20ca.tar.gz
rt-tests: Better explanation in the kernel module
Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org> Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--src/backfire/sendme.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backfire/sendme.c b/src/backfire/sendme.c
index fdc1056..27ea077 100644
--- a/src/backfire/sendme.c
+++ b/src/backfire/sendme.c
@@ -209,7 +209,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
path = open("/dev/backfire", O_RDWR);
if (path < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not access backfire device, "
- "try 'modprobe backfire'\n");
+ "try 'modprobe backfire'\n"
+ "If the module backfire can't be loaded, "
+ "it may need to be built first.\n"
+ "Execute 'cd src/backfire; make' in the "
+ "rt-tests directory (requires rt-tests\n"
+ "sources and kernel-devel package).\n");
return 1;
}
fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;