On 8/4/06, Noack, Sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The kernel which I compiled supports sk98lin, skge and sky2 as
modules,
> and it seems like skge is automatically chosen. BTW, shouldn't "used
by"
> have a non-zero value for skge when the network controller is active?
No, the "used by" column of lsmod just tell you which other modules
depend on the corresponding module.
Not really. Used by is a reference count that can be incremented by
either dependant modules, or by open devices. As an example from my
system:
carcharias linux # lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipw3945 102304 1
This is "used" by the user-space ipw3945d daemon. If I kill that, I
can remove the module...
af_packet 20040 2
arc4 2048 1
ipt_addrtype 1856 1
ipt_LOG 5952 1
xt_pkttype 1920 3
xt_tcpudp 3072 4
.. and I have some packet filters setup...
nvidia 4546580 12
...no idea why nvidia requires 12 references for one desktop...
b44 24140 0
...my wired network card.
To answer the OP, you are allowed to remove the network module of a
configured network interface. This has the effect of hot-removing the
card, the interface just disappears.
-Richard
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