On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:23 PM, nidhi mittal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
> i m facing this prob from long that when i use a module which i have just
> inserted.
> now suppose by mistake some kernel oops occur null pointer exception lets
> say ..
> now my program which was using the function of module is closed .
> so in my knowledge no one is using my module now.
>
> now i corrected the mistake in module re compiled it and tried to rmmod
> previous version of module.
> but error came as module is in use cannot rmmod....
>
> i tried to rmmod by force too but its not working ...
I think you should do select the following in your kernel config
Enable loadable module support --->
[ ] Forced module loading (NEW)
[*] Module unloading
[ ] Forced module unloading
Thanks --
Manish
>
> now to remove earlier module i had to restart PC ...that's a headache...
>
> pl help me how to remove it ...
> i guess somewhere some refcount is maintained for module which is left
> raised ...
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards
> Nidhi
>
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