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    SubjectRe: 2.5 'what to expect'
    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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