Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:40:02 +0300 | From | Michael Tokarev <> | Subject | Re: Unused modules in 2.6.x |
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Alex Buell wrote: > Hi, > > Perhaps I missed something when the 2.6.x kernels got started a few > years back, but why is it not possible for unused modules to be > automatically unloaded anymore i.e with rmmod -a? I remember being able > to do that with the 2.2.x and 2.4.x series a long time ago.
It's a pure userspace question now. Well, almost, except of the single bit which were kept before 2.6 for each module - if it was loaded with -k flag (auto-unload) or not.
Better question to ask, IMHO, is why network drivers don't gets referenced properly as all other drivers are. Because right now they're unused even if the network interfaces are up-n-running, and rmmod'ing a seemingly unused module will cause that particular interface to be removed too...
/mjt
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