Messages in this thread |  | | From | acme@conectiv ... | Subject | Re: IPX and PCMCIA | Date | Sat, 08 Sep 2001 23:51:33 -0300 (BRST) |
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Citando Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetopia.net>:
> (don't ask why I activated IPX on my laptop) > > Kernel: 2.4.9 [Linus variety] > Network Adapter: Intel EtherExpress 100 + 56k modem > > Here's an interesting bug(let)... load any old PCMCIA network adapater > and > then activate IPX. Then, rmmod the module without taking any steps to > shutdown IPX. You end up with the interface (eth0) actually gone with > IPX > still hanging on to it -- that makes it very hard to delete IPX. The > module > is still loaded, however in the "deleted" state. And > unregister_netdev() > keeps spewing busy alerts to every tty. > > In my case, I have to shutdown the PCMCIA adapter before I suppend or > the > card will never come back up without physically removing it from the > laptop.
I´m now away from my base, so I´ll only have time to work on this late next week, but I´ll analyse this and try to see if I can come up with a fix, thanks for the report. Oh, if somebody comes up with a fix in the meantime, that would be great 8)
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