Re: Question: initdata for modules....

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 16:53:12 +0000 (GMT)

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> What I'd like to do is to have the "firmware" as a separate module
> that can be unloaded after initializing the main driver.
>
> The drawback is that the usage count of the firmware module will stick
> at "1" if my main module is loaded. Can I decrease its usage count
> "by hand" to allow it to unload once I'm done with it?

Why not provide a firmware loading ioctl ? Have a look at the Multi Tech
ISI driver in 2.0.36.

Alan

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