Bug#277934: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

reassign 276476 kernel-source-2.6.8
severity 276476 important
reassign 277934 kernel-source-2.6.8
severity 277934 important
reassign 275059 kernel-source-2.6.8
merge 276476 277934 275059
tag 275059 +patch +pending
quit

On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 05:35:01PM +0300, Mykola A. Nickishov wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686
> Version: 2.6.8-4
> Severity: normal
> 
> Sometimes I get repeating message in /var/log/syslog:
> 
> kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage
> count = 1
> 
> Once this happens it can't be stopped. I had to manually poweroff.

This appears to be a duplicate of 276476.

The following fix is in SVN
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109317866203856&w=2

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Horms