Subject: Re: Network driver detach
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/27/2000 04:16:44
Jason Thorpe wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 01:25:22 +0100
>  Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net> wrote:
>
>  > Unless someone protests I'm going to change some network drivers to do
>  > something, IMHO, more sane in their detach routines.
>  > Basically, they will call
>  >    ether_ifdetach(ifp);
>  >    if_detach(ifp);
>  > and if they have PHYs
>  >    mii_phy_detach(...);
>
> Please hold off.  I worked on this basically all day, and have it working
> for some CardBus cards.  I am also doing the ifaddr reference counting,
> etc., and have fixed other bugs related to how detach was being done
> by the drivers which have the code #if'd out.
>
> I expect to commit something by this weekend.

Good enough for me.  I just want to be able to unplug my network adapters.


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        -- Lennart