Re: rmmod -a does not unload unused modules in 2.2.x
Andrew V. Samoilov (sav@bcs.zp.ua)
Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:55:24 +0200
Keith Owens wrote:
: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 21:08:44 +0200,
: "Andrew V. Samoilov" <sav@bcs.zp.ua> wrote:
: >Some time ago here was a discussion about kerneld and Linux 2.2.x kernels.
: >I remember it was proposed to use a 'rmmod -a' from cron to unload unused
: >modules. But it doesn't work at least for 2.2.10 and 2.2.13 kernels.
:
: It does for me. rmmod -a only gets rid of modules marked as autoclean,
: the modules have to be loaded with modprobe -k or insmod -k before
: rmmod -a will remove them. Does lsmod say autoclean against these
: modules?
Yes, it's so...
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
$ insmod -k iBCS
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
iBCS 119100 0 (autoclean)
$ rmmod -a
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
iBCS 119100 0 (autoclean)
Regards,
Andrew.
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