Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:36:29 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Module Ref Counting & ibmphp |
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:25:49 +1100 (EST) Srihari Vijayaraghavan wrote:
> --- Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > [...] > > No. I don't think this driver likes to be unloaded > > due to the > > instability of the hardware if that happens. So > > let's just let it not > > be unloaded, and hope that the hardware can die in > > peace and never get > > put into any new machines... > > Fair enough & thanks for the explanation. > > I've quickly tested Stephen's patch, which does the > trick (no more 4.3 billion usages :)).
That was ~0 (0xffffffff, -1) for those who missed it.
> Note to Stephen: Pls don't remove people in the cc > list. I almost missed your patch & hence my testing of > it.
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