Re: Little question about modules...

From: Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 07 2001 - 04:58:47 EST


Nicolas Noble writes:
> Why do I have used by -1 for the module ipv6 onto my system?

I guess this is going to be a new FAQ! Can we add it to the lkml FAQ
please?

"-1" means that the module itself decides whether it can be unloaded or
not, in this case it is decided by the function "ipv6_unload". It is
not a bug to have a use count of "-1".
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