Re: unregister_netdevice:waiting for eth1.200 to become free

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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:19:15 -0700 (PDT)
linux err <linux_err@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> I see these messages when I try to delete a vlan
> interface using vconfig. I think it happened because
> the cable wasn't connected on this interface - it
> worked fine after connecting the cable.
>  
> I'm not sure if it's a VLAN issue or kernel problem?
> Any idea if this is a known issue or is fixed in any
> release?
>  
>  
> Oct 16 11:33:35 kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting
> for eth1.200 to become free. Usage count = 4
> Oct 16 11:40:56 kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting
> for eth1.200 to become free. Usage count = 4
> Oct 16 11:41:06 kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting
> for eth1.200 to become free. Usage count = 4
>  
>  
> I'm using:
> 2.6.4 and 2.6.8 kernel.
> vlan-1.8-23
>  

That's a real old kernel. There were several bugs in IPV6
and VLAN code where it wasn't ref counting properly.  They
were fixed > 6 months ago.
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