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

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

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. 

hmm, I suppose you use the NEWSTRUCT branch and not the old driver? I 
fixed this only in NEWSTRUCT.

Holger



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