Re: [Ksummit-discuss] No more module removal -- Unconference track

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:23:50 -0400,
Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 07:55:47AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 10:48:39AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > > This has been scheduled at 2pm at the request of Rusty.  (Reminder: if
> > > you're going to propose a topic, please send e-mail to start a thread
> > > on ksummit-discuss).
> > > 
> > Do we have a context ? I am using insert/remove module a lot during testing,
> > and would hate to see it go. It also permits module updates without having to
> > reboot the kernel. There must be lots of other reasons to support module
> > removal. So I would really dislike if it was no longer available, and I don't
> > really see the point.
> 
> Rusty has been trying to nuke module removal for years.
> 
> Unfortunately, it's been incredibly useful for many reasons.
> 
> In addition to the reasons you've suggested, it's the only way that I
> can reset a malfunctioning sound driver without rebooting, and I'd
> hate to have to regress to windows style "reboot to fix the problem".

Oh, please report such a problem.

Or wait, maybe we shouldn't debug it for keeping one more vote for the
election "save module removal" :)


Takashi