On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/11/2011 03:02 AM, AP wrote: >> >> I am building kvm as an external module against 2.6.38-8 (Ubuntu 11.04 >> kernel). > > Why? I did not want move to the new kernel from kvm.git. I just wanted to upgrade to the latest kvm module for some development. Is there a way to use the kvm.git tree and only build and load kvm? >> The kvm.ko and kvm-intel.ko build and insmod without any >> issues. However I am able to unload the kvm-intel module. Here is the >> lsmod listing: >> >> kvm_intel 135653 0 [permanent] >> kvm 381130 1 kvm_intel,[permanent] >> >> This is the error I get when I try to unload the module: >> >> ERROR: Removing 'kvm_intel': Device or resource busy >> >> Do I need to do anything special during building for >> CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD to take effect? >> > > No, as far as I know it should just work, and always has for me. But it > does say [permanent]. Any clue why in dmesg? The only thing I see in dmesg is: loaded kvm module (v2.6.39-8627-g2c2b5df) >> PS: I am able to rmmod the kvm module that is packages with the Ubuntu >> 11.04 kernel. > > Does it say [permanent] with these modules? No it does not. kvm_intel 56851 0 kvm 367707 1 kvm_intel > -- > error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html