Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272393AbTHNPJh (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:09:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272395AbTHNPJf (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:09:35 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:60034 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272393AbTHNPJe (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:09:34 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.4.22-rc, IDE: cannot unload piix module From: Alan Cox To: Urs Thuermann Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1060873759.5983.5.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 14 Aug 2003 16:09:20 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 490 Lines: 12 On Iau, 2003-08-14 at 15:33, Urs Thuermann wrote: > After loading the module piix.o for some Intel IDE chips, the usage > count is 1 even if the module isn't used, so the module cannot be > unloaded. The 2.4.x IDE doesnt support modular unload - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/