Re: orinoco_cs module removal problem
David Gibson (david@gibson.dropbear.id.au)
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:17:31 +1000
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 12:51:21PM -0500, Maciej wrote:
> I just switched from 2.5.68 to 2.5.70, and I'm having trouble removing
> the orinoco_cs module on the fly. After bringing the interface down,
> doing an "rmmod orinoco_cs" causes the rmmod process to lock up, and
> subseqeunt invocations of lsmod and 'cat /proc/modules' to do the same.
> I get a bunch of messages like the following in the kernel log:
>
> "unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth2 to become free. Usage count = 1
>
> However, eth2, the orinoco device, no longer exists (it's not listed
> in /proc/net/dev).
Yeah, that version of the driver is buggy. I've already sent an
update to Linus, which is in current BK.
--
David Gibson | For every complex problem there is a
david@gibson.dropbear.id.au | solution which is simple, neat and
| wrong.
http://www.ozlabs.org/people/dgibson
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/