Hmm... a socket usually doesn't refer to a specific interface (from the
user's point of view), it refers to a specific pair of source/destinati=
on
addresses/pports.
If you remove an interface, all the sockets are "removed" from the inte=
rface
as well (they'll have to find a different route next time you send
something on them). This code already is in the kernel and seems to wor=
k;
my ISDN driver (not the one in the current 1.3 kernel... ;-) uses this
feature.
I can't think of a reason to change that behavior.
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