> On Fri, 2 May 2008 03:26:28 +0200 "Roland" <devzero@web.de> wrote:
>
> > i`m also seeing this one, but with pcnet32 - "modprobe -r pcnet32" never
> > returns and
> >
> > "unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1"
> >
> > being printed over and over again
> >
> > lsmod |grep pcnet32 shows
> >
> > pcnet32 35828 0
> > mii 9344 1 pcnet32
> >
> > i see stale ssh connection on port 22 and sshd for that session remains
> > unkillable process.
> >
>
> here a bug
>
> >
> >
> > List: linux-kernel
> > Subject: Re: 24rc8: unregister_netdevice: waiting for ... to become free.
> > From: Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel () nn7 ! de>
> > Date: 2008-01-29 8:59:10
> > Message-ID: 1201597150.4973.10.camel () localhost
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> >
> > On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 22:44 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > > From: Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@nn7.de>
> > > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:42:21 +0100
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > since some 2.6.24rc version I suddenly experience such messages on
> > > > console when trying to shutdown a vpn connection:
> > > >
> > > > unregister_netdevice: waiting for tun0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > > >
> > > > or when removing an usb wlan dongle (although it was ifconfig wlan0
> > > > down'd before)
> > >
> > > Current GIT already has a fix for this, attached below:
> >
> > hmmhhh, I am still seeing this problem on 2.6.24 with at least with the
> > madwifi driver...
> >
> > Soeren
>
> there a bug.
>
>
> Let's cc
netdev@vger.kernel.org - linux-net is dead, afaik.
>
> Thanks for reporting all these bugs but please do take much mure care over
> the cc's. Be sure to cc every party who was cc'ed on the email to which
> you're replying. I restored Soeren.
