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From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
To: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>, <wa@almesberger.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Is an alternative module interface needed/possible?
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:46:22 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302201337000.1336-100000@serv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200302201209.EAA12261@adam.yggdrasil.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Adam J. Richter wrote:

> 	The ability to remove a module is generally independent of
> whether or not there is any hardware present at that moment for which
> the module supplies a driver.  Instead, the determining issue is
> whether there are file descriptors open for that driver.

I don't understand, what you're trying to say.
File descriptors are not the only way to access a driver and the ability 
to remove a module is only dependent on the number of references to this 
module.

bye, Roman


  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-20 12:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-20 12:09 Adam J. Richter
2003-02-20 12:46 ` Roman Zippel [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-02-20 13:51 Adam J. Richter
2003-02-20 14:06 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-20 15:38 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-14 12:04 [RFC] Migrating net/sched to new module interface Rusty Russell
2003-02-14 13:21 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-14 13:53   ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-14 14:24     ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-14 18:30       ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-14 20:09         ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-15  0:12           ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-15  0:51             ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-15  2:28               ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-15 23:20                 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-17 17:04                   ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-17 23:09                     ` [RFC] Is an alternative module interface needed/possible? Roman Zippel
2003-02-18  1:18                       ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-18  4:54                         ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-18  7:20                           ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-18 12:06                             ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-18 14:12                               ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-18 12:45                                 ` Thomas Molina
2003-02-18 17:22                                 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-19  3:30                                   ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-19  4:11                                     ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-19 23:38                                       ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-20  9:46                                         ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-20  0:40                                   ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-20  2:17                                     ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-23 16:02                                       ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-26 23:26                                         ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-27 12:34                                           ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-27 13:20                                             ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-27 14:33                                               ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-23 23:34                                   ` Kevin O'Connor
2003-02-24 12:14                                     ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-18 12:35                             ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-18 14:14                               ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-19  1:48                         ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-19  2:27                           ` Werner Almesberger

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