-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Post wrote: |>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:02 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | Patrick Spinler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | -snip- |> Unfortunately, the vmcp module isn't unloadable, so I can't test this |> right now. (Mind, unloading modules can be a bad idea anyway ...) | | Eh? It most certainly can be unloaded, at least on my SLES9 SP4, SLES10 SP1, and SLES10 SP2 systems. And unloading modules is certainly not a bad idea. Being able to load and unload them dynamically is one of the reasons why they were created in the first place. Using the recently-introduced --force option when the kernel won't unload a module (because it is in use) is almost always a bad idea, but that's not the general case we're talking about here. |
Eh. Embarrassment. A quick review of my shell history showed me forgetting the all important 'sudo' prefix. I recall difficulties and race conditions unloading drivers. Ergo I assumed it was made unloadable. However, a quick google shows that the 'can_unload' field was removed from struct module in 2.6. I guess I'm working off outdated 2.4 knowledge. - -- Pat -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIRe3JNObCqA8uBswRAkqbAJ9hcZ/uVS2scuffwCOENvS49rgpFgCfUp7t E4PA9XKvr7hM8ES9RU71VLk= =kixt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
