[openib-general] Loading / unloading IB modules

Fri Mar 26 07:20:07 PST 2004

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:53:42PM +0100, Ignaz Forster wrote:
> Is there a script available to load / unload the necessary InfiniBand 
> modules by hand?
> The reason I'm asking: As there are several people working on different 
> taskts on the same machine, everybody has to use his own directory with 
> kernel sources, so it's not possible to use modprobe.

Use insmod instead.

> I've tried several 
> combinations using rmmod and insmod, but in most cases the machine just 
> freezes when modules are unloaded and then loaded again...

Then that means you have bugs in the code :)

> Do I have to pay attention to something when loading / unloading?

I would never recommend sharing a machine while doing kernel
development, it just doesn't work.

Good luck,

greg k-h

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