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examon

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Registered: 2011-05-07

Posts: 208

Module stop on-fly

I want to ask if it is possible to stop kernel module or use 'modprobe -r' to somehow disable running module.

Thanks

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slytux

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From: New York

Registered: 2010-09-25

Posts: 136

Re: Module stop on-fly

Yes, it should be the same as rmmod.  Do you need to use force?

examon

Member

Registered: 2011-05-07

Posts: 208

Re: Module stop on-fly

Thanks for answer slytux!

I want to stop module 'acpi_cpufreq' on-fly. I can't do that with 'modprobe -r', its complaining that module is in use. If I use 'rmmod -f' I get error message 'ERROR: Removing 'acpi_cpufreq': Device or resource busy'. Is there any possible solution how to 'stop' module and then possibly remove it with 'modprobe -r' or 'rmmod -f' ?

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