On 26 May 2005 13:40:12 -0000, vaishali paisal <vaishalipaisal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > >Are you incrementing the module usage count in your init fxn.?? > > > > > > > no i m not doing that.Will that help? > and if yes how to do that? read the section "The Usage Count" in chapter 2 of LDD, link to the 2nd chapter is as follows: http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch02.html this explains the things very well and also talks about having IOCTL command, which I also mentioned in my last mail, to bring down the count deliberately to zero during development cycle, but dont do this when you are sure some process is using your module code, as is in your case. -gd > > Regards > vaishali > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/