Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:39:16 +0530 | From | Viresh Kumar <> | Subject | Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build |
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On 11-09-15, 10:58, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > Not module "unplug" (I've never heard it called that before). A module > with a module_init() but no module_exit() can only be added to a running > kernel, and never removed. That's intentional behaviour.
Ah, I see. I wasn't sure that a module with no module_exit() can't be removed.
> However, if you're talking about hot-unplug, presumably you're talking > about _CPU_ hot-unplug, and that's something the code should definitely > handle irrespective of whether it's built-in or a module. > > The two issues are entirely separate.
Bah, all this time I meant module insertion/removal, sorry :(
-- viresh
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