Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262382AbTFFXxK (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2003 19:53:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262390AbTFFXxJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2003 19:53:09 -0400 Received: from almesberger.net ([63.105.73.239]:38410 "EHLO host.almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262382AbTFFXxF (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2003 19:53:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:06:20 -0300 From: Werner Almesberger To: chas williams Cc: "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) Message-ID: <20030606210620.G3232@almesberger.net> References: <20030606122616.B3232@almesberger.net> <200306070000.h5700OsG002995@ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306070000.h5700OsG002995@ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil>; from chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil on Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 07:58:35PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 784 Lines: 20 chas williams wrote: > ever hang up in the middle of a call? ever want to hang up > in the middle of a phone call? Yes, exactly: if you want to remove the phone, this also removes the call. In TCP/IP, this isn't the case. Your TCP connections will survive route changes, interface removals, etc. - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina wa@almesberger.net / /_http://www.almesberger.net/____________________________________________/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/