From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:55:36 +0200 (CEST) > > On Sep 27 2007 07:51, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > >You need every socket to close and all routes to go away including the > >routes through loopback device, and still there probably are control > >sockets buried inside ipv6 that hold ref count. > > > >IMHO the kernel should just admit that IPV6 can't be removed. > > I cannot accept that. If ipv6.ko has a way to tack ipv6 structs onto all > sockets, interfaces and addresses, it should also be able to untack it > again. Then you do the work and see how incredibly difficult the implementation is, others have tried. It's not trivial and at best it's a very time consuming piece of work to embark on. Until then it's un-removable, plain as that :-) I don't know why we're wasting our fingers discussing this at all to be honest with you. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
