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 06:52:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 06:52:10 -0500 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:53256 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 06:51:53 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: Russell King cc: Pixel@the-babel-tower.nobis.phear.org (Nicolas Noble), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux-kernel's Mailing list) Subject: Re: Little question about modules... In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Jan 2001 09:58:47 -0000." <200101070958.f079wmx22407@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:51:43 +1100 Message-ID: <31837.978868303@ocs3.ocs-net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 09:58:47 +0000 (GMT), Russell King wrote: >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? >>From man insmod in modutils 2.4.1 (not released yet). If the module controls its own unloading via a can_unload routine then the user count displayed by lsmod is always -1, irrespective of the real use count. - 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/