Re: 2.6 kernel: module cannot be unloaded

[Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@asu.edu>]

scripsit Roberto Sanchez:
 
> Module unloading *must* be specifically enabled in 2.6 kernels.
> Otherwise, you can only load.

OK, I recompiled and enabled that...  (Aside:  Lots of possible gotchas
switching to 2.6...)

...and I can now unload _some_ but not all modules.  Specifically,
ide_probe_mod and piix are listed as `unsafe' and cannot be unloaded.
They are loaded at boot.  With modconf unusable ATM I'm not sure how to
go about cleaning out the cruft...  I've got a boatload of IDE drivers
being unnecessarily loaded... 

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