Re: [PATCH 0/4] modules: add support for target-specific modules.

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> Do we need to be able to unload modules that we previously loaded? Or is this 
> not a realistic requirement?

Surely doable, but it's work and needs infrastructure we don't have
right now.  We must be able to unregister everything modules can
register, which is only partly the case today.  We need usage counters
so we can figure whenever a module is in use or not.  Maybe more.

I don't see a use case justifying that work.

The linux kernel can unload modules (when enabled at build time), and
pretty much the only reason I've ever used that is device driver
development: test new driver version without reboot (as long as you
don't make a mistake which Oopses the kernel ...).

take care,
  Gerd