Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> Brian Gerst wrote:
> >
> > This patch implements the latest module locking scheme for network
> > drivers and starts converting drivers over to it.
> >
> > http://didntduck.org/~bgerst/linux/net_modules.diff.bz2
>
> Brian,
>
> I looked into this a few weeks back. I came to the conclusion that it
> should not be done for 2.4. Part of the discussion is at
> http://www.wcug.wwu.edu/lists/netdev/200006/threads.html under "modular
> net drivers".
Ah, I must have missed that thread. Considering the relative rarity of
unloading network driver modules vs. other module types, the issue isn't
very pressing. So ignore this patch for now.
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