i'm running a 2.4.18 kernel on my machine. there's a -f option for insmod but there ai'nt one for rmmod, says invalid option when i give -f with rmmod. - /dev/mandeep -----Original Message----- From: Jan Hudec [mailto:bulb@ucw.cz] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:59 PM To: Mandeep Singh Sandhu Cc: Amith; kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: Module programming - Basic query ! On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 17:45:28 +0530, Mandeep Singh Sandhu wrote: > is there a -f option for rmmod??? > it's not there in the 2.4 series i think! Sure there is. > - /dev/mandeep > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Hudec [mailto:bulb@ucw.cz] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:43 PM > To: Amith > Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > Subject: Re: Module programming - Basic query ! > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 17:14:21 +0530, Amith wrote: > > ok - proc1 isnt something great. It stores data written to it "echo > "abcd" > > > /proc/myfile" and gives it back when u "cat /proc/myfile" - it > maintains a buffer of > > chars internally - thats all and its usecount was one somehow - i > wanted to rmmod it - > > didnt feel like rebooting the mcahine so came remover.c . > > Though I can't currently find where that happens, I'd suspect the /proc > code to claim usage of your module if the file is opened. Didn't it > remain open or somethig like that? > > By the way, ever heared of the -f option to rmmod? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------- > Jan 'Bulb' Hudec > <bulb@ucw.cz> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
