Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-07 Thread David Ford
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Keith Owens wrote: > 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. Maybe lsmod can show a blank for the field and (auto unload). That'd probably draw a lot

Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-07 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 09:58:47 + (GMT), Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-07 Thread Russell King
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

Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-07 Thread Russell King
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

Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-07 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 09:58:47 + (GMT), Russell King [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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).

Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-07 Thread David Ford
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Keith Owens wrote: 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. Maybe lsmod can show a blank for the field and (auto unload). That'd probably draw a lot

Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-06 Thread David Weinehall
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:20:52AM +0100, Nicolas Noble wrote: > > Just a question: > > Why do I have used by -1 for the module ipv6 onto my system? > > extract of the /proc/modules: > > ip6table_filter 1988 0 (unused) > ip6t_mark688 0 (unused) > ip6t_limit

Little question about modules...

2001-01-06 Thread Nicolas Noble
Just a question: Why do I have used by -1 for the module ipv6 onto my system? extract of the /proc/modules: ip6table_filter 1988 0 (unused) ip6t_mark688 0 (unused) ip6t_limit 1016 0 (unused) ip6_tables 13044 3 [ip6table_filter ip6t_mark

Little question about modules...

2001-01-06 Thread Nicolas Noble
Just a question: Why do I have used by -1 for the module ipv6 onto my system? extract of the /proc/modules: ip6table_filter 1988 0 (unused) ip6t_mark688 0 (unused) ip6t_limit 1016 0 (unused) ip6_tables 13044 3 [ip6table_filter ip6t_mark

Re: Little question about modules...

2001-01-06 Thread David Weinehall
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:20:52AM +0100, Nicolas Noble wrote: Just a question: Why do I have used by -1 for the module ipv6 onto my system? extract of the /proc/modules: ip6table_filter 1988 0 (unused) ip6t_mark688 0 (unused) ip6t_limit 1016