On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:25:30 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeul...@novell.com> > Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:21:14 +0100 > > > Otherwise 'modprobe -r' on a module having a dependency on bridge will > > implicitly unload bridge, bringing down all connectivity that was using > > bridges. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@novell.com> > > Cc: Jeff Mahoney <je...@suse.com> > > All network device drivers behave exactly the same way, when you rmmod > the thing we unconfigure all the routes, addresses, etc. going through > that device and let you unload it. > > And this behavior is very much intentional. > > Don't add an exception here. Agreed. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
