From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
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 21:40:02 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49A59082.5040209@msgid.tls.msk.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090225175249.30e47b85@lithium.local.net>
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.
It's a pure userspace question now. Well, almost, except of the
single bit which were kept before 2.6 for each module - if it
was loaded with -k flag (auto-unload) or not.
Better question to ask, IMHO, is why network drivers don't gets
referenced properly as all other drivers are. Because right now
they're unused even if the network interfaces are up-n-running,
and rmmod'ing a seemingly unused module will cause that particular
interface to be removed too...
/mjt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-25 18:40 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 [this message]
2009-02-26 10:29 ` Alex Buell
2009-02-26 14:48 ` Lennart Sorensen
2009-02-25 19:28 ` Greg KH
2009-02-26 10:30 ` Alex Buell
2009-02-28 12:49 ` Stefan Richter
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