Re: list what is using a module

[leroyljr@ccsi.com]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 11:53:38AM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i would like to remove a module. when i do "rmmod <module_name>" i get:
> 
> <module_name>: device or resource busy
> 
> is there a way to list processes that are using a module?
> 
> are processes the only thing that need to be stopped before a module can
> be removed?
> 
> please advise.
> 
> thanks,
> matt zagrabelny

You should use 'modprobe -r' to remove the module and the other ones 
that depend on it.