On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:37:43 +0100
Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > With my "Enterprise" hat on, I can see where Andi was coming from
> > originally.
>
> For the record my original motivation was to fix the "TCP exports everything
> for ipv6.ko" case cleanly. I later realized that it would be useful for the
> ABI stability issues too, but it was really not my primary motivation.
> This is why I didn't even mention that in the original patch description.
Since ipv6 can never be removed because it references itself, the whole concept
of a modular ipv6 is flawed. Sometime ago a patch was sent to remove the ipv6 module
unload hooks but as I recall Dave rejected it believing the unload code could be
fixed.
--
Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
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