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From: Frank v Waveren <fvw@var.cx>
To: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
Cc: Boris Dragovic <lynx@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: negative mod use count
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:31:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010228213146.A1120@var.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200102281958.UAA13226@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu> <3A9D5AAB.E9AB4673@didntduck.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A9D5AAB.E9AB4673@didntduck.org>; from bgerst@didntduck.org on Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 03:08:11PM -0500

On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 03:08:11PM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > what does negative module use count mean?
> A bugged module.

Not at all. A non-zero usage count means the module can't be unloaded.
Whatever the module does with the usage count apart from that is
completely it's own choice.

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-28 20:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-28 19:58 negative mod use count Boris Dragovic
2001-02-28 20:08 ` Brian Gerst
2001-02-28 20:31   ` Frank v Waveren [this message]
2001-02-28 23:01     ` Russell King
2001-03-01  0:04 ` Keith Owens
2001-03-02  0:55 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-03-02 10:17   ` Russell King
2001-03-02 13:30     ` Boris Dragovic

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