> Aparently, the ->close() method of the 3c509.c driver returns > before the chip is truly done shutting down. How to do this > correctly is hardware specific, and therefore the in order to > code the fix you'll need to understand how the 3c509 chip works. that's why IMHO reintroducing module usage count on net devs should be better... there are too many broken net device drivers to fix... -- Daniele. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html