In missing around with a module IDE driver I'm working on I was able to unload the driver while a disk that was using the driver was still mounted. I came across some discussion from 2004 about the fact that the IDE layer didn't ref count properly. Is this still an issue? Should I remove module_exit() from my driver or is there a way to check that the driver shouldn't be unloaded? thanks - kumar - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html