Re: 2.6 kernel: module cannot be unloaded

[Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@asu.edu>]

scripsit Roberto Sanchez:
> They are unsafe to unload because it is possible that unloading them
> could cause very serious problems.  To unload those, you must have
> enabled CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD (for Forced Module Unloading):

OK, now I'm confused.  Why, then, would the kernel be attempting to load
_and_ unload these drivers during boot?  I only noticed this because I
got the warnings that the kernel had attempted to unload them and failed
during boot.

I can't figure out what is causing piix or ide_probe_mod to be loaded in
the first place, either.  'grep -r piix /etc/*' returns nothing...

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Thanasis Kinias
tkinias at asu.edu
Doctoral Student, Department of History
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.