Re: [fix] for NOT loading modules if driver is compiled-in and active.
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:16:57 +0000 (GMT)
> many drivers can't refuse to load as module just in case they are already
> compiled-in and running in the kernel. So the loading and unloading
> causes trouble, in this case. End result can be a hard kernel oops.
Some drivers are intended to allow themselves to be built both ways
and work. A driver that lets you load it twice and crashes is buggy.
Alan
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