FC4 rmmod does not work

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Sun May 21 21:10:03 UTC 2006


Tomas Larsson wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Dave Jones
>> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 8:57 PM
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>> Subject: Re: FC4 rmmod does not work
>>
>> On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 08:46:17PM +0200, Tomas Larsson wrote:
>>  > Trying to remove a driver with rmmod
>>  >
>>  > According to lsmod the driver is unused, but rmmod refuses 
>> to remove it,  > there is no messages.
>>  >
>>  > Looking in the log, I find that the driver is removed and 
>> directly inserted  > again.
>>  > Is this a FC4 issue or is it a driver issue?
>>
>> You didn't mention which driver it was, so there's no way to 
>> answer this question.
>>
>> 		Dave
>>
>>     
> Rt61pci is the name of the driver.
> I know that it is a beta, not working very well, that's why I want to remove
> it, to change it to a newer version.
> This is what I finde in the logs:
>
>
> May 21 11:45:17 springbox kernel: Unloading module: rt61pci - CVS (N/A) by
> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com.
> May 21 11:45:18 springbox kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device
> 0000:03:00.0 disabled
> May 21 11:45:19 springbox kernel: Loading module: rt61pci - CVS (N/A) by
> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com.
> May 21 11:45:19 springbox kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] ->
> Link [C0B9] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
>
> Question is obviously is this because FC4 or is it due to the driver itself.
>
> So-far I have to eject the card, delete the drivers, do a depmod and insert
> the card again.
>
> With best regards
>
> Tomas Larsson
> Sweden
>
> Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem 
>
>   
       Please try # modprobe -r and see what happens. But both rmmod and 
modprobe act on the kernel not on what is saved on the hard drive. If 
you want to remove the mod that takes another action.

Karl




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