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SubjectRe: Orinoco_cs module won't unload in 2.5.70
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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