From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Alex Buell <alex.buell@munted.org.uk>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Unused modules in 2.6.x
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:28:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090225192810.GA6150@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090225175249.30e47b85@lithium.local.net>
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 05:52:49PM +0000, Alex Buell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Perhaps I missed something when the 2.6.x kernels got started a few
> years back, but why is it not possible for unused modules to be
> automatically unloaded anymore i.e with rmmod -a? I remember being able
> to do that with the 2.2.x and 2.4.x series a long time ago.
Because if you do that, lots of modules that were being "used" by the
system would get unloaded (usb host controllers, network drivers, etc.)
So it makes sense not to do that anymore. See the linux-kernel archives
about 6 years ago for details if you are curious about this historical
issue (hint, it could burn you very badly even in 2.2 and 2.4...)
good luck,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-25 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-25 17:52 Unused modules in 2.6.x Alex Buell
2009-02-25 18:40 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-02-26 10:29 ` Alex Buell
2009-02-26 14:48 ` Lennart Sorensen
2009-02-25 19:28 ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-02-26 10:30 ` Alex Buell
2009-02-28 12:49 ` Stefan Richter
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