Hello, since compat-wireless-2011-04-21 (running with kernel 2.6.34.9), removing of rt2800pci is broken: rmmod hangs and system load goes up to 1 on one CPU. Loading: [ 5951.248390] Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-2011-04-14-3-g77081fd [ 5951.248402] Backport based on linux-next.git next-20110421 [ 5951.293158] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [ 5951.316293] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [ 5951.316300] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [ 5951.316307] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 5951.316313] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 5951.316319] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 5951.316324] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 5951.316330] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 5951.387120] rt2800pci 0000:03:07.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 [ 5951.396951] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' [ 5951.399528] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::radio [ 5951.399685] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::assoc [ 5951.399831] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::quality [ 5951.408153] wlan0 renamed to wlan1 by udevd [26800] [ 5951.411780] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1 ifup: wlan1 device: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI ifup: No configuration found for wlan1 "Unloading" doesn't produce any logentries in /var/log/messages. compat-wireless-2011-04-19 doesn't show this problem (compat-wireless-2011-04-20 doesn't exist). My hardware: Linksys WMP600N 03:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI Subsystem: Linksys Device 0067 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21 Region 0: Memory at fdce0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Could you please fix this problem? Thank you, kind regards, Andreas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html