Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:23:49 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: 2.5 'what to expect' |
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Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 04:54:39PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>Another one: >> >>rmmod on net drivers no longer produces the behavior that's existed >>since modules were first added to the kernel. > > > And that new behaviour is?
No reference counts reported to module subsystem at all, so, you can rmmod a module at any time, even if the interface is up and running.
Even though net devices are independently refcounted and internally consistent, I have no idea if the module's code is refcounted elsewhere or not. So, I hope it's safe...
Jeff
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