On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 10:01:47PM +0200, Stefan Schlott wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> a (stupid?) question: Is it possible to remove the ipv6 module? After mod-
> probing, rmmod always returns "device busy".
> I discovered a module parameter (unloadable=1) which overrides this check,
> but I fear it might be there for some good reason :-) On the other hand,
> rebooting the system just to test a new version of the module is really
> annoying... any suggestions?
Currently it is likely impossible to remove ipv6 module even
if you are foolhardly enough to set that parameter.
You will be able to "rmmod", but some jiffies latter you will
get Oops..
Main motivation was to have the ipv6 module loadable into the
kernel after boot. Linus had for a while modularity disabled
entirely, but this 'unloadable' trick convinced him that "right,
it can stay there that way." -- and let hackers to have a look
at the problem set sometime.
> Stefan.
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