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[openbeosnetteam] Re: Unloading modules...

  • From: "Nathan Whitehorn" <nathan.whitehorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 18:59:08 EDT (-0400)
> > - this can't be done via a socket, as a socket needs functions 
> > to be called in modules. Therefore this should be done via a 
> > sysctl call once we get that integrated into the kernel
> 
> Hum, what about a dedicated /dev/net/stack driver ioctl() ?
> It's there. We can open() the driver *without* using a socket... 
> AFAIR, there is already some NET_STACK_RESTART opcode, commented out, 
> in the net_stack_control() code...

Why don't we toss /dev/net/stack and make a looper? It can sit on a 
port waiting for control messages. This is a much better solution, 
IMHO.
-Nathan

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