The thread I replied to is about pppoe devices, so it isn't limited to
PCMCIA, although that seems to be the most popular subset which causes
the problem.
Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> Summary:
> On 2.5.70 and later kernels, shutting down a pppoe connection causes
> pppd to hang and results in a usage count stuck at 1.
John M Flinchbaugh <glynis@butterfly.hjsoft.com> wrote:
> i still see it with both my 3c574_cs and my orinoco_cs in 2.5.73.
bvermeul@blackstar.nl wrote:
> I'm having some problems with 2.5.71 (latest bk yesterday I believe).
> All works well (pcmcia works as advertised, with one tiny blip on
> the horizon), except when I want to reboot, when I get the following
> message:
>
> unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth1 to become free. Usage count = 1
>
> The net device is an Orinoco mini-pci card (eg, cardbus minipci interface
> with built-in orinoco card), and it is down.
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