On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 03:16:13PM +0200, Georg Beyerle wrote: > Hello, > > > I access external hardware thru usbserial: > > # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xNNNN product=0xN > > With kernel 2.6.34 (version 2.6.34.8-0.2-default, > OpenSUSE 11.3) it was possible to remove usbserial > without physically disconnecting this device: > > # modprobe -r usbserial > > With kernel 2.6.37 (version 2.6.37.6-0.5-default, > OpenSUSE 11.4) this no longer works, removal of > usbserial fails with: > > # modprobe -r usbserial > FATAL: Module usbserial is in use. > > The device needs to be disconnected before removal > of the module succeeds. Is there an option to get > back the original (2.6.34) behaviour? I doubt this really worked the same way in .34. You must still have a device node open in .37, which is keeping the module from being unloaded. Why would you want to unload the module anyway? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
