Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:37:05 -0700 | | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed |
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:53:27 +0100 "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> Otherwise 'modprobe -r' on a module having a dependency on bridge will > implicitly unload bridge, bringing down all connectivity that was > using bridges. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> >
No, network devices don't do reference counting. What is the dependency? Where is the source of the module interacting with the bridge? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.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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