Forcing unload of a module is not something I would recommend for it makes the kernel unreliable. It would be helpful if you can submit the opps as a bug report and get it fixed.
- Rahul On 11/5/08, 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 ... > > 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 > -- Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around. -Eric S Raymond
