Sven-Haegar Koch wrote:
> hi...
> 
> Short: ifconfig ethX down locks
> 
> Kernel: 2.4.22-bk12 (same problem with 2.4.23-pre3)
> eth0: eepro100
> eth1: orinoco_cs (orinoco mini-pci)
> System: Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 Laptop, P3 700Mhz
> 
> Just after booting, no X startet yet, interface not yet initialized:
> 
> aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 down
> aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 up
> aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 down
> aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 up
> aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 down
> <--lock here, shell does not return, even ctrl-c does not help
> 
> haegar@aurora:~$ ps axl|grep ifconfig
> 4     0  1041  1035   9   0  1448  404 dev_cl S    pts/0      0:00 ifconfig eth1
> 
> top shows ifconfig consuming 100% cpu, 100% system
> 
> The same happens with eth0, there it takes only two up/down cycles,
> perhaps because it is already configured with ipv4+ipv6 addresses, and the
> same happens using '/sbin/ip link set eth0 up/down' too.
> 
> Kernel 2.4.20-pre2-ac3 is ok (my last kernel, running for month')



Does the attached patch fix it?

	Jeff