2.6.10: "[permanent]" modules?

2.6.10: "[permanent]" modules?

[Harald Dunkel]

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Hi folks,

Seems that for 2.6.10 I cannot unload ide modules.
'lsmod | grep permanent" lists

ide_generic             1152  0 [permanent]
siimage                12480  0 [permanent]
aec62xx                 7296  0 [permanent]
trm290                  4228  0 [permanent]
alim15x3               10572  0 [permanent]
hpt34x                  5184  0 [permanent]
hpt366                 20032  0 [permanent]
cmd64x                 11996  0 [permanent]
piix                   10052  0 [permanent]
rz1000                  2496  0 [permanent]
slc90e66                5568  0 [permanent]
generic                 3968  0 [permanent]
cs5530                  4672  0 [permanent]
cs5520                  4672  0 [permanent]
sc1200                  7168  0 [permanent]
triflex                 3648  0 [permanent]
atiixp                  6032  0 [permanent]
pdc202xx_old           11264  0 [permanent]
pdc202xx_new            9088  0 [permanent]
opti621                 4420  0 [permanent]
ns87415                 3720  0 [permanent]
cy82c693                4416  0 [permanent]
amd74xx                12508  0 [permanent]
sis5513                14280  0 [permanent]
via82cxxx              11996  0 [permanent]
serverworks             7624  0 [permanent]

Is this on purpose?

2bsure, module unloading is enabled in my .config


Regards

Harri
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Re: 2.6.10: "[permanent]" modules?

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:11:10AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
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> Hi folks,
> 
> Seems that for 2.6.10 I cannot unload ide modules.
> 'lsmod | grep permanent" lists

...

> Is this on purpose?

Yes.

Re: 2.6.10: "[permanent]" modules?

[linux-os]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:11:10AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
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>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Seems that for 2.6.10 I cannot unload ide modules.
>> 'lsmod | grep permanent" lists
>
> ...
>
>> Is this on purpose?
>
> Yes.
>

Can you explain? Normally if a module is no longer in use, it
can be unloaded. I'm sure that there are number of folks
who would like to know how come it's now necessary to reboot
to get rid of some module no longer in use.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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Re: 2.6.10: "[permanent]" modules?

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 07:46:53 -0500 (EST), linux-os
<linux-os@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:11:10AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
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> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> Seems that for 2.6.10 I cannot unload ide modules.
> >> 'lsmod | grep permanent" lists
> >
> > ...
> >
> >> Is this on purpose?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> 
> Can you explain? Normally if a module is no longer in use, it
> can be unloaded. I'm sure that there are number of folks
> who would like to know how come it's now necessary to reboot
> to get rid of some module no longer in use.

It can be unloaded given that the needed locking
and cleanup code are in place...

Re: 2.6.10: "[permanent]" modules?

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2005-01-06 at 13:58, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> It can be unloaded given that the needed locking
> and cleanup code are in place...

ie 2.6.10-ac, although I've only enabled it for a few controllers so far
for testing purposes.

Alan