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On 8/4/06, Noack, Sebastian <S.Noack@××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > The kernel which I compiled supports sk98lin, skge and sky2 as |
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> modules, |
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> > and it seems like skge is automatically chosen. BTW, shouldn't "used |
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> by" |
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> > have a non-zero value for skge when the network controller is active? |
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> No, the "used by" column of lsmod just tell you which other modules |
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> depend on the corresponding module. |
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Not really. Used by is a reference count that can be incremented by |
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either dependant modules, or by open devices. As an example from my |
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system: |
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carcharias linux # lsmod |
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Module Size Used by |
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ipw3945 102304 1 |
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This is "used" by the user-space ipw3945d daemon. If I kill that, I |
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can remove the module... |
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af_packet 20040 2 |
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arc4 2048 1 |
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ipt_addrtype 1856 1 |
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ipt_LOG 5952 1 |
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xt_pkttype 1920 3 |
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xt_tcpudp 3072 4 |
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.. and I have some packet filters setup... |
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nvidia 4546580 12 |
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...no idea why nvidia requires 12 references for one desktop... |
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b44 24140 0 |
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...my wired network card. |
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To answer the OP, you are allowed to remove the network module of a |
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configured network interface. This has the effect of hot-removing the |
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card, the interface just disappears. |
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-Richard |
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