I'm rewriting a virtual network interface driver for Linux 2.4.x, and am somewhat puzzled by the reference count in struct net_device. Can someone please tell me what rules of thumb exist for when to increment or decrement it (if any)? The LDD book implies that drivers shouldn't have to mess with it. I notice that few drivers/net modules seem concerned about it. But my predecessor has dev_puts and dev_holds sprinkled throughout the driver and I'm missing the underlying logic. Thanks all -- Gary Cote gary@cotecorner.com - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
