From: Shawn <core@enodev.com>
To: Linux-Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [OKS] Module removal
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:45:28 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020701134528.A17724@q.mn.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020701184257.GC1762@localhost>; from linux-kernel@24x7linux.com on Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 08:42:57PM +0200
On 07/01, Jose Luis Domingo Lopez said something like:
> On Monday, 01 July 2002, at 13:48:55 -0400,
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
> > The suggestion was made that kernel module removal be depreciated or
> > removed. I'd like to note that there are two common uses for this
> > capability, and the problems addressed by module removal should be kept in
> > mind. These are in addition to the PCMCIA issue raised.
> >
> From my non-kernel non-programmer point of view, module removal can be
> useful under more circunstances than the ones you said. For example,
> trying some combination of parameters for a module to get you damned
How about simply upgrading a driver w/out rebooting?
--
Shawn Leas
core@enodev.com
I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know
what to feed it.
-- Stephen Wright
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-01 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-01 17:48 [OKS] Module removal Bill Davidsen
2002-07-01 18:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-01 18:42 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2002-07-01 18:45 ` Shawn [this message]
2002-07-01 19:57 ` Diego Calleja
2002-07-01 20:03 ` Diego Calleja
2002-07-01 22:20 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2002-07-01 22:56 ` Ryan Anderson
2002-07-02 11:37 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2002-07-02 12:04 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-02 13:13 ` jlnance
2002-07-03 3:48 ` simple handling of module removals " Pavel Machek
2002-07-03 17:25 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-03 23:46 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-08 12:21 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-08 12:41 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-08 12:57 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-08 13:58 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-08 15:48 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2002-07-08 17:23 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-08 13:06 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-08 13:15 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-03 23:48 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-05 9:40 ` Stephen Tweedie
2002-07-06 19:40 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-06 19:47 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-04 1:18 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 1:53 ` Andrew Morton
2002-07-04 4:00 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 2:25 ` Brian Gerst
2002-07-04 3:54 ` David Gibson
2002-07-04 4:08 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 15:02 ` Brian Gerst
2002-07-04 19:18 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-05 13:48 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-07 14:56 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-07 22:36 ` Roman Zippel
2002-07-08 1:09 ` Daniel Mose
2002-07-09 17:07 ` Daniel Mose
2002-07-08 18:13 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-08 22:43 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-09 14:00 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-02 15:20 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-02 15:53 ` Jonathan Corbet
2002-07-02 16:07 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-02 17:48 ` Tom Rini
2002-07-02 18:10 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-02 21:50 ` Ryan Anderson
2002-07-03 22:26 ` Diego Calleja
2002-07-04 0:00 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 8:04 ` Helge Hafting
2002-07-02 16:08 ` Werner Almesberger
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.3.95.1020702075957.24872A-100000@chaos.analogic.c om>
2002-07-04 8:36 ` Mike Galbraith
2002-07-03 0:09 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-07-12 21:51 ` David Lang
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-07-02 4:08 RE2: " Brian Gerst
2002-07-02 4:53 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-02 5:43 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-02 16:36 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-02 16:50 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2002-07-02 18:05 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-03 3:50 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-04 4:11 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-04 6:29 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-04 6:50 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-07 21:09 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-07-07 21:41 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-08 0:31 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-07-08 6:42 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-08 0:18 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-08 0:46 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-07-08 6:22 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-08 10:16 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-09 0:07 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-09 0:27 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-09 3:09 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-09 6:25 ` Roman Zippel
2002-07-09 8:59 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-07-09 11:06 ` Roman Zippel
2002-07-04 12:29 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-09 1:50 ` Kevin O'Connor
2002-07-09 2:37 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-02 23:35 ` Alexander Viro
2002-07-02 12:20 Ariel Garcia
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