linux-kernel - Re: why can't I remove a kernel module (or: what uses a given module)?

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Date:	Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:49:36 -0500
From:	Ross Vandegrift <ross@...listi.us>
To:	Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org>
Cc:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why can't I remove a kernel module (or: what uses a given module)?

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 12:58:24PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> You mean the "Used by" column? No, it's not used by any other module 
> according to lsmod output.
> 
> Any other methods of checking what uses /dev/sda*?

There's a good chance that if it was loaded at system boot, hald or
udev may be doing something with it.

When you loaded it manually, you didn't have udev rescan for devices
so they didn't notice that you had loaded up a new disk.

-- 
Ross Vandegrift
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