Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263919AbUDVKeA (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:34:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263924AbUDVKeA (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:34:00 -0400 Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:58582 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263919AbUDVKd5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:33:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:33:55 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: andersen@codepoet.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] prevent module unloading for legacy IDE chipset drivers Message-ID: <20040422103355.GC15176@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <200404212219.24622.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <20040422004104.GA19969@codepoet.org> <200404220250.15078.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404220250.15078.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 910 Lines: 24 On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 02:50:15AM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Thursday 22 of April 2004 02:41, Erik Andersen wrote: > > Out of curiosity, what would be needed to make it safe to unload > > all ide modules from a system with a scsi rootfs? > > It doesn't matter - you still may end up unloading modules which are in use. FWIW, with the old IDE code I've been unloading IDE modules for years without a single problem. What makes IDE sufficiently different from SCSI that we can't unload IDE host drivers? Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - 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/