Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Andrei Badea wrote: > >> During the upgrade of my sid a new 2.6.10 kernel was installed (full >> package name is 2.6.10-1-686, version 2.6.10-4). After reboot, I noticed >> that unused disk drive controller drivers loaded by initrd aren't >> unloaded. Before init runs, error messages like this one appear for each >> driver: >> >> ERROR: Removing 'amd74xx': Device or resource busy >> >> Moreover, in the lsmod result "[permanent]" appears next to each drive's >> module: >> >> amd74xx 14172 0 [permanent] >> >> Has anyone seen this? Maybe a bug in the kernel package? > > This is not a bug, it is a feature :-) > > Seriously, amd74xx is a chipset driver. Without it, your machine > will experience difficulty in speaking to your IDE controller (i.e., > hard disks and optical drives) and certainly would not be able to > make use of DMA. You really want that module to stay loaded. Thank you for your answer. Maybe I should have emphasized that I'm not getting that error message for amd74xx only, but also for another about 20 modules. Besides, the machine is a Centrino notebook, so the only needed driver is (I guess) piix. I definitely don't need modules such as amd74xx. Andrei -- andrei.badea@movzx.net # http://movzx.net # ICQ: 52641547
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