Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:58:56 -0500 | From | Bill Nottingham <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 021 release |
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Greg KH (greg@kroah.com) said: > Sorry, but you're a bit late. We've been moving this way since before > 2.4.0. > > The fact that module unload even works today is a blessing due to all of > the well-documented issues involved. I doubt any distro will enable > module unloading because of it.
So, then, answer this question. In previous kernels, 2.4 and otherwise, a driver or piece of hardware may get into a 'confused' state. You unload the driver, reload it, it resets, everything is peachy.
How do I reinitialize a driver or hardware in your 'no-unload' scenario?
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