[postpone softc revoval]

> Anyhow, I don't like that idea so much... It seems much less correct to
> me... But, I don't have the time or energy to get into an argument about
> it, so...

Perhaps I can help here :-)
The softc removal should happen in a higher level
of the driver LKM load/unload code because
this is needed for all devices, whether it is a network
interface or not.

best regards
Matthias