On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Marek Lindner<lindner_ma...@yahoo.de> wrote: > On Friday 19 June 2009 02:42:54 Jacob Marble wrote: >> When I "opkg remove kmod-batman-adv-kernelland", the kernel module >> stays loaded, so when I "opkg install kmod-batman-adv-[newer version]" >> the old module stays loaded. A simple rmmod gets rid of the old >> module. > > I thought of that more as a feature as it allows over the mesh updates. If I > the module gets removed while running an update over the mesh you might render > your node unusable. On the other hand you can reboot the node after the update > was completed to have a consistent system. > >
Hmm, you're right there. Too bad there isn't a way to "opkg remove X --preserve-loaded-modules" >> There is a script in the openwrt SVN called postinst that inserts the >> module after install. Very convenient. A similar script could be >> added, called prerm, that would remove the module before removing the >> ipk. There are several ways to rmmod; "rmmod -f batman-adv" might be >> best for removing the package. >> >> When I create the file in my build_dir, make just deletes it, so I >> leave this up to someone else (Marek?). > > You have to place the script into the corresponding package folder (batman-adv > in this case) to avoid deletion. For OpenWRT the package directory is the > source (nothing will be deleted there) and build_dir is the build path. > > If you agree to the point mentioned above I still could add your script but > keep it deactivated, so that other people can find it. May be someone has an > idea how to keep everyone happy. :-)
