Bug#338973: unregister_netdevice: waiting for vpn0 to become free. Usage count = 23

[Maximilian Attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

reassign 323860 linux-image-2.6-686-smp
reassign 338973 linux-image-2.6-686-smp
merge 338973 323860
stop

On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 06:11:13AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.14-2
> Version: 2.6.14-2
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> The same bug as reported against earlier debian kernels (#323860) still
> persists with 2.6.14, and does not happen with my own compiled kernels.

please reassign in those cases. :)
 
> This happens whenever I want to upgrade gnu virtual private ethernet and
> kill it (which should free the tun interface it uses). Following ifconfig
> -a or other interface-related calls hang till the machine is rebooted hard
> (shutdown hangs for obvious reasons).
 
your .config has several ethernet card enabled which are you using,
please post the running lsmod?

also could you try to boot the debian kernel with noapic in boot cmdline?

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maks