Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:40:31 -0700
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: ricardo.b@zmail.pt
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Subject: Re: SET_MODULE_OWNER
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On 17 Jul 2003 22:36:43 +0100
Ricardo Bugalho <ricardo.b@zmail.pt> wrote:

> Just noticed it: I can't unload the module even after bringing the
> interface down.
> In either case, modprobe hangs and I start getting this message in
> syslog:
> 
> Jul 17 21:50:44 ezquiel kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0
> to become free. Usage count = -4
> 
> Can't shutdown the system either. Init hangs waiting for modprobe to
> die.

That's a bug we need to fix.

What driver are you using?
Are you using ipv6?
Any netfilter modules?
Anything else interesting or "unique" about your particular setup?
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