From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 06:44:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 06:44:39 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:19987 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 06:44:28 -0500 From: Russell King Message-Id: <200101070958.f079wmx22407@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Subject: Re: Little question about modules... To: Pixel@the-babel-tower.nobis.phear.org (Nicolas Noble) Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 09:58:47 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux-kernel's Mailing list) In-Reply-To: from "Nicolas Noble" at Jan 14, 2001 03:20:52 AM X-Location: london.england.earth.mulky-way.universe X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Nicolas Noble writes: > Why do I have used by -1 for the module ipv6 onto my system? I guess this is going to be a new FAQ! Can we add it to the lkml FAQ please? "-1" means that the module itself decides whether it can be unloaded or not, in this case it is decided by the function "ipv6_unload". It is not a bug to have a use count of "-1". _____ |_____| ------------------------------------------------- ---+---+- | | Russell King rmk@arm.linux.org.uk --- --- | | | | http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html / / | | +-+-+ --- -+- / | THE developer of ARM Linux |+| /|\ / | | | --- | +-+-+ ------------------------------------------------- /\\\ | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/