[linux-dvb] Re: Unable to rmmod stv0299 as of yesterday

[Kenneth Aafløy <lists@kenneth.aafloy.net>]

On Sunday 11 July 2004 00:58, Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> On Sunday 11 July 2004 00:32, C.Y.M. wrote:
> > After updating the dvb-kernel from yesterday, I am unable to unload the
> > stv0299 module from my 2.6.7-bk20 kernel.
>
> I added code that locks the frontend module when it attaches to a card
> driver yesterday, offcourse this should be the other way around. Looks like
> I broke something on my first commit :(
>
> > ChangeSet@1.1799, 2004-07-03 10:04:12-07:00, akpm@osdl.org
> >   [PATCH] err2-25: dvb_register_i2c_bus() locking fix
> > ChangeSet@1.1798, 2004-07-03 10:03:59-07:00, akpm@osdl.org
> >   [PATCH] err2-1 dvb_register_i2c_device locking fix
>
> I'll remove that attempt I made and look at how the real coders do it then.

I just checked in a fix for this, so that it ups the card drivers module ref 
count when a frontend attaches, and not the frontend module ref count as this 
was really the problem I was seeing.

Thanks for reporting it,
Kenneth