FC4 rmmod does not work
Tomas Larsson
tomas at tlec.se
Sun May 21 21:17:36 UTC 2006
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Karl Larsen
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:10 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: FC4 rmmod does not work
>
> 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.
>
The logs above is after modprobe -r
What I want to is to remove the mod from the kernel, not from the disk.
But it refuses to remove it, wondering if the pnp-stuff has something to do
with it.
With best regards
Tomas Larsson
Sweden
Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem
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