Suresh, Thanks for your reply. Well, It seems ip link or ifconfig is no able to see the device. When I do lsmod, I can see devic is there. With rmmod, it says module is not loaded and insmod says devices is already loaded. After rebooting it works find for a while, but again ges to some situation if I do not work on it for a while eventhogh traffic flowing throght it during that period. Any suggestion to avoid this problem permanently. Thanks, Nitin --- "Suresh babu V." <suresh.babu@wipro.com> wrote: > Hi, > > If you have your network driver as a loadable > module, try the following sequence : > > 1. down the interface. cmd : ifconfig eth0 down > 2. remove the module. Cmd : rmmod <n/w module name> > 3. install module again. Cmd : insmod <n/w module > name> > 4. bring up the interface. Cmd : ifconfig eth0 up > > If it still not working, better solution will be a > reboot. > > (or) if network module is built with kernel, better > reboot the machine. > > Thanks, > Suresh. > > -----Original Message----- > From: nitin panjwani [mailto:nitin_rpr@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:09 AM > To: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > Subject: unregister_netdevice > > > Hi Guys, > In one of my linux box I am getting following > message: > > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become > free. > Usage count = 3 > > What does this messsge indicate and how can I > resolve > the related problem. After this message, nothing is > working on this machine. > > Thanks, > Nitin > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > **************************Disclaimer************************************************** > > > Information contained in this E-MAIL being > proprietary to Wipro Limited is 'privileged' > and 'confidential' and intended for use only by the > individual or entity to which it is > addressed. You are notified that any use, copying or > dissemination of the information > contained in the E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is > strictly prohibited. > > **************************************************************************************** > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
