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The datapath's goodbye at unload, answered once it is said first, 2026-10-25

741, 742: when npuep.ko unloads with the coprocessor running - contrib/npuep/reload.sh does it, and nothing else does - its goodbye to the data path, PF_DISABLE and then PF_CLOSE, timed out now and then (ETIMEDOUT, 60). The reset that follows in reload.sh hid it: every reload came back with all fourteen ports.

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