Re: unregister_netdevice and b44 in 2.6.9, kernel problem?

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Apparently, _H. S._, on 04/11/04 17:03,typed:
> In kernel 2.6.9, on Inspiron 5160 running Sid, if I do:
> #> /etc/init.d/networking stop
> #> rmmod b44
>
> I start getting:
> unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1
>
> and this message keeps on repeating. I have to reboot the machine to get 
> it working again.
>
> What is this all about?
>
> On the laptop, the ethernet card is:
> {~}> lspci | grep -i ethernet
> 0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation
> BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
> {~}> lsmod | grep b44
> b44                    22756  0
> mii                     5152  1 b44
>
> ->HS


BTW, rmmoding b44 works if I do:
#> /etc/init.d/networking stop
#> rmmod b44

After this, I can do 'modprobe b44' and 'ifup eth0' and the interface 
working properly. Does this mean "/etc/init.d/networking stop' is NOT 
the proper way to shutdown all interfaces?

->HS