From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Hirning Subject: Re: why [permanent] modules on kernel 2.6.11-rc2? Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:42:06 +0200 Message-ID: <200504101742.20783.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3157230.M6u8ubqDLt"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org --nextPart3157230.M6u8ubqDLt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi Max! On Saturday, 9. April 2005 08:19 Maximiliano Rioseco wrote: > I'm playing with kernel 2.6.11-rc2 and see that some kernel modules > are marked [permanent] when I make lsmod. This topic was treated in > linux-kernel mailing list but I quest if somebody can explain in > more detail the reason for permanent modules (is it only for > debugging reasons and will be removed in stable releases of > kernel?). Do I understand you correctly? You can't unload modules, right? Normally in the 2.6 kernels you have to select "Module unloading" for=20 unloading modules. I hope I could help you. Tobias =2D-=20 GPG-Fingerprint: C39E 5381 7721 8613 B5C9 CFAF 54FC B8DB D02D 7085 Registered Linux-User #367044 Registered Linux-Machine #262062 http://counter.li.org Diese E-Mail wurde mit einer fortgeschrittenen elektronischen Signatur nach =A72 2. d) SigG signiert. --nextPart3157230.M6u8ubqDLt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCWUlcVPy429AtcIURAow2AKCUy19YFazcY0fVEJAu37q2dJ3kBgCfRC18 MDRoyEBjG4OzsGC7HcyZDao= =rXT8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3157230.M6u8ubqDLt-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs