Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:57:26 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: why network devices don't do reference counting? | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-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.
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