Excerpts from netbsd: 10-Feb-98 Re: Detaching devices Bill
Studenmund@loki.sta (1143*)

> I've worked on changes to permit removing network interfaces. The changes
> maintain reference counts on ifnets and ifaddrs.

Did you think of loading/unloading network protocols as well?
Would be a good thing to have.

btw, there was a proposal for replacing the setsoftnet()
etc. by a more generic mechanism. (mycroft?)
Is there still being worked on?

best regards
Matthias