Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: [fix] for NOT loading modules if driver is compiled-in and active. | Date | Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:16:57 +0000 (GMT) |
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> many drivers can't refuse to load as module just in case they are already > compiled-in and running in the kernel. So the loading and unloading > causes trouble, in this case. End result can be a hard kernel oops.
Some drivers are intended to allow themselves to be built both ways and work. A driver that lets you load it twice and crashes is buggy.
Alan
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