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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:57:26 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: shemminger@...ux-foundation.org Cc: jengelh@...putergmbh.de, olecom@...wer.upol.cz, jbeulich@...ell.com, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: why network devices don't do reference counting? From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:33:30 -0700 > ipv6 is not a network driver, it is a protocol. You might be able to > remove it if you zap all the routes and applications, ... It is purposefully set to have a permanent elevated reference count because it is not designed to be unloaded safely. It has been unloadable forever. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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