From: Michal Jaegermann <michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca>
To: Tobias Oed <tobiasoed@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why can't I remove a kernel module (or: what uses a given module)?
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:15:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061205001518.GA23127@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <el0s6r$agu$1@sea.gmane.org>
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 11:10:01AM +0100, Tobias Oed wrote:
> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>
> > Yes, something's using that drive, be it a program, a module (unlikely),
> > or something that is compiled directly in the kernel (for example,
> > md/raid1).
>
> Since you mention md, dm comes to mind. I have seen a couple of drives that
> were previously attached to fake raid controllers becoming unavailable when
> moved to a normal controller. I haven't found the one size workaround for
> the problem yet.
dmraid -r -E <device_in_question>
Yes, I was hit by this in a different context. A command is
described on 'man dmraid' but figuring out what was the issue
took me a long while.
Michal
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-05 0:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-03 11:20 why can't I remove a kernel module (or: what uses a given module)? Tomasz Chmielewski
2006-12-03 11:34 ` Andreas Schwab
2006-12-03 11:58 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2006-12-03 15:49 ` Ross Vandegrift
2006-12-03 19:59 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2006-12-03 23:42 ` Jim Crilly
2006-12-04 8:02 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2006-12-04 10:10 ` Tobias Oed
2006-12-04 10:39 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2006-12-05 0:15 ` Michal Jaegermann [this message]
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