From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Matthew Harrell <mharrell-dated-1054584482.d18b3b@bittwiddlers.com>
Cc: Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org>,
Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Orinoco_cs module won't unload in 2.5.70
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:59:09 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030529015909.GA2058@zax> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030528200755.GA1460@bittwiddlers.com>
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 04:08:01PM -0400, Matthew Harrell wrote:
>
> Nothing useful. I've got this problem in a 2.5.65 kernel also. Really is
> annoyying since the machine will not soft reboot because it thinks that
> device is still in use. I have to physically power it off every time I
> want to reboot it change any major pcmcia settings
Yes, it's a driver bug - one of a number that I've fixed recently.
I'll retransmit the patch to Linus today.
> > Kernel 2.5.70 (and 2.5.69-mm8 before it) on my Dell Latitude C840 is
> > unable to unload the orinoco_cs driver.
> >
> > I get the following message over and over again while the rmmod hangs:
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth1 to become free. Usage count = 1
> >
> > Even after ifconfig downing the interface..
> >
> > This is quite annoying because the driver doesn't survive suspend and I
> > can't cleanly shutdown. :)
> >
> > Suggestions?
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-28 15:41 Orinoco_cs module won't unload in 2.5.70 Gregory Maxwell
2003-05-28 20:08 ` Matthew Harrell
2003-05-29 1:59 ` David Gibson [this message]
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