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    SubjectRe: why can't I remove a kernel module (or: what uses a given module)?
    On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 12:58:24PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
    > You mean the "Used by" column? No, it's not used by any other module
    > according to lsmod output.
    >
    > Any other methods of checking what uses /dev/sda*?

    There's a good chance that if it was loaded at system boot, hald or
    udev may be doing something with it.

    When you loaded it manually, you didn't have udev rescan for devices
    so they didn't notice that you had loaded up a new disk.

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    Ross Vandegrift
    ross@kallisti.us

    "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
    make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
    have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
    man in the bonds of Hell."
    --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
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