[plug] Forcing a kernel module to unload.

[Peter F Bradshaw]

Hi;

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Peter F Bradshaw wrote:

> Hi;
>
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Ashley Jennings wrote:
>
> > Hi Bill and Peter,
> >
> >
> > You may be running different distributions to eachother.
>
> I see what the problem is. I am running Sarge. But I'm using a 2.4
> kernel and modutils is, rightly, a dependency of the kernel and not the
> distribution. I'm reluctant to update my kernel since the others in our
> group are running the same kernel and we have learnt that it avoids
> unnecessary complications if we all have the same development setup.

I forgot to mention that the modutils here is 2.4.26-1.2.

>
> So, I guess the question is does anybody know how to force a removal of
> modules from a 2.4 kernel?
>
> >
> > Here is the -f flag explained in the rmmod manpage on Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge):
> >
> >
> >    -f --force
> >                  This  option  can  be  extremely  dangerous: it has no effect
> >                  unless CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was
> >                  compiled.  With this option, you can remove modules which are
> >                  being used, or which are not designed to be removed, or  have
> >                  been marked as unsafe (see lsmod(8)).
> >
> >
> >
> > all the best
> >
> > Ashley
> >
> >
> >
> > On 18/07/06, Peter F Bradshaw <pfb at exadios.com> wrote:
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > > On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> > >
> > > > man rmmod
> > >
> > > Which does not mention forcing modules to unload. Neither does it
> > > document a '-f' flag. So I'm unsure what you are saying.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > BillK
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 00:53 +0800, Lyndon Maydwell wrote:
> > > > > Well I have noticed that in the kernel config there is an option to
> > > > > compile in forced module unloading:
> > > > >
> > > > >     CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
> > > > >
> > > > > but I'm not sure how to use it...
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
>
> Cheers
>
>

Cheers

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