[linux-dvb] Re: Unable to remove driver modules

[Martin Neuditschko <yosuke.tomoe@gmx.net>]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 07:48:59PM +0200, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> Martin Neuditschko wrote:
> >On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 11:35:18AM +0200, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> >
> >>Martin Neuditschko wrote:
> >>
> >>>I tried to unload the driver with "make rmmod" and this failed because
> >>>kvdr was running (kvdr is something like xawtv). This was clear
> >>>because kvdr blocks the devices. But after killing the application
> >>>I also can not remove the drivers:
> >>
> >>[...]
> >>
> >>Could you please check out the current CVS source and try again? I fixed 
> >>some semaphore locking code which might had caused your problems.
> >
> >
> >Also with current driver it does not work.
> >It works with xawtv but not with kvdr, so I think the problem is
> >that if kvdr crashes baldly - what it always does if I remove
> >the driver while it was running - kvdr blocks something which
> >prevents unloading of the driver. 
> 
> The changes are now in the old driver too. Please try again.

I tried it now, but there is no change.

Why is it not possible to remove the drivers even if there is
an application which uses /dev/video ?

PS: If you want to try something youself send me a p-mail
and I give you the ssh account to my server. (It's a SuSE 8.0
with KDE 3 and self compiled 2.4.18 kernel)

best regards
Martin Neuditschko


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