[openib-general] Loading / unloading IB modules

Fri Mar 26 08:26:38 PST 2004

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:33:31AM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
>     Ignaz> I've tried several combinations using rmmod and insmod, but
>     Ignaz> in most cases the machine just freezes when modules are
>     Ignaz> unloaded and then loaded again...
> 
>     Greg> Then that means you have bugs in the code :)
> 
> Yes, I am sure that there are problems in the module unloading path.
> I think we would accept patches to fix module unloading, but frankly
> fixing it has not been a high priority (I just reboot instead).
> 
>  - Roland

The next thing that gets checked into subversion ought to be a script to
load and unload modules with insmod, so someone can get started fixing
this.

Which modules have problems with unloading?

We're not running windows here.. if you have to reboot, the code is
broken and needs to be fixed.

-- 
To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to openib-general at openib.org.
Please contact moderator at openib.org for questions.