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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:06:45 -0300
From: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
To: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Is an alternative module interface needed/possible?
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Adam J. Richter wrote:
> 	Anyhow, my point is that removing a piece of hardware
> does not require that the corresponding module be unloaded
> immediately.

Nor does the use of a module require the presence of any
non-generic hardware in the first place (e.g. net/sched/,
netfilter, PPP, etc.) :-)

- Werner

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