Re: 2.6.0-test5 vs. Ethernet cards

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 12:00:49 EST


On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 09:17:02AM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 12:51:29PM +0900, Norman Diamond wrote:
> > Shutdown messages appear on the text console as follows:
> > [...]
> > Shutting down PCMCIA unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free.
> > Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
> > [...]
> >
> > The only way to shut down at this point is to turn off the power.
>
> IIRC the problem is your hotplug scripts. Maybe the hotplug folk can tell
> you the minimum version for 2.6.

The last release version is the best for 2.6, but this doesn't look
like a hotplug script issue at all.

thanks,

greg k-h
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