Re: Module Ref Counting & ibmphp

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:25:49 +1100 (EST) Srihari Vijayaraghavan wrote:

> --- Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > [...] 
> > No.  I don't think this driver likes to be unloaded
> > due to the
> > instability of the hardware if that happens.  So
> > let's just let it not
> > be unloaded, and hope that the hardware can die in
> > peace and never get
> > put into any new machines...
> 
> Fair enough & thanks for the explanation.
> 
> I've quickly tested Stephen's patch, which does the
> trick (no more 4.3 billion usages :)).

That was ~0 (0xffffffff, -1) for those who missed it.

> Note to Stephen: Pls don't remove people in the cc
> list. I almost missed your patch & hence my testing of
> it.


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~Randy
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