[RFC] kldunload -f argument.

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20040709115858.47efb729 at dev.lan.Awfulhak.org>, Brian Somers writes:

>> >The idea is that the user can be more active in getting rid of the active
>> >module by QUIESCEing it, then running around murdering processes before
>> >unloading it.
>> 
>> I could maybe see a point in this but I cannot remember one single instance
>> where I would have actually done this myself.
>
>I guess if_tun.ko springs to mind.  I can reliably unload it if I quiesce it,
>kill all the ``Opened by PID N'' processes, then unload it.

Yeah, that would be somewhat similar to the geom case I guess.

I'll give kldunload a -q option too.

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