Re: [FC2] Automatically remove kernel modules?

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Jeremy A. Rosengren wrote:
> man modprobe
> 
> "       -r --remove
>               This option causes modprobe to remove, rather than insert 
> a module.   If  the  modules  it depends on are also unused, modprobe 
> will try to remove them, too.  Unlike insertion, more  than  one module 
>  can  be  specified on the command line (it does not make sense to 
> specify module parameters when removing modules).
> 
>               There is usually no reason to remove  modules,  but  some 
>  buggy modules require it.  Your kernel may not support removal of modules.

Warning: I had an answer prepared earlier, showing how you could
automate the removal of all modules marked as "Used by 0" in lsmod's
output.

Then I tried it out. And discovered that I had af_packet[1] compiled as
a module, and was marked as "used by 0". I was logged onto this machine
through ssh, and suddenly discovered all my sessions were logged out...

"But that always used to work..."

So I didn't get to post that answer.

James.

[1] If that's not obvious, af_packet is the packet filter, a.k.a. the
firewall.

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