From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1EfAVs-0002Bp-2I for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:23:20 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EfAVr-0002Bk-6g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:23:19 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EfAVp-0002BT-Fa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:23:18 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EfAVn-0002BM-G6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:23:17 -0500 Received: from [157.24.2.30] (helo=smtp1.cc.lut.fi) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EfAVn-0008FC-An for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:23:15 -0500 Received: from localhost (smtp1 [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.cc.lut.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1380070111 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:12 +0200 (EET) Received: from smtp1.cc.lut.fi ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.cc.lut.fi [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10644-12 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:11 +0200 (EET) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (lk4-a-4-1.lnet.lut.fi [157.24.102.107]) by smtp1.cc.lut.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0B4370103 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:11 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <43855C5E.3050804@nic.fi> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:26 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.4.1 (Windows/20051006) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <4bf7a326c787c00b52f64b301ebfacdd@penguinppc.org> <87acfv1r2l.fsf@student.han.nl> <9eb572492c718bfc89029063bbd082b5@penguinppc.org> In-Reply-To: <9eb572492c718bfc89029063bbd082b5@penguinppc.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by lut.fi Subject: Re: module references X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:23:19 -0000 Hollis Blanchard wrote: > On Nov 23, 2005, at 6:33 AM, Marco Gerards wrote: >> >>> Are modules ever automatically unloaded? When? If so, we need a lot >>> more reference counting. If not, we've got some unnecessary complexity >>> we should remove. >> >> It's done so you can not remove a module that is in use by GRUB or >> another module. For example when you open a file for a long time. > > Please describe for me how I can trigger this bug. In other words, what > commands can I run to unload a filesystem module while a file is open? One way at least is to use font subsystem. That at least keeps file open. See guide from Okuji's message how to create font file and: insmod font font .../fontfile.pff