Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:16:31 -0500 (EST) | From | Daniel Barkalow <> | Subject | Re: Module Ref Counting & ibmphp |
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The proper way to prevent unloading is just not to have a module exit routine, > rather than causing ref count to be off. The the module subsystem will > mark it as unsafe to unload. Unless it wants to allow unsafe forced unload. > But IMHO either it needs to be safe to unload or not allow it.
Maybe add a comment where module_exit was, saying that the hardware can't be made to behave without the module, so people don't think that debugging the module could make it safely unloadable?
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