On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:39:08PM +0200, Georg Beyerle wrote: > > Why would you want to unload the module anyway? > > The external device has to be re-booted (command is sent via RS232, > USB link is only for data transfer) at a certain stage and this process > requires unloading/re-loading of 'usbserial'. You should never need to unload the kernel module. What do you really need here, the module to be unbound from the device? If so, just use the unbind/bind files in sysfs instead of unloading the kernel module. What type of device is this? 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