* Re: [linux-usb-devel] unloading drivers and usage counters
@ 2001-01-22 6:27 Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2001-01-22 6:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-hotplug
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 10:12:14PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Not increasing the module usage counters on connect seems to be the wrong
> strategy. The desire to keep the modules unloadable has come back to bite us
> into our behind.
> If the usage counters were increased for each connected device unloading would
> come natural. A patch to disconnect drivers by an ioctl has been posted. It
> would allow forced unload.
Which drivers have this problem? Most of them do increment on open, and
decrement on close (with the exception of the HID drivers).
thanks,
greg k-h
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