On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:08:12PM -0500, Rezwanul_Kabir@xxxxxxxx wrote: > The issue is as below: > An attempt to remove an 802.1q VLAN frequently results in > failure. The problem can occur both when manually removing the > interface and when shutting down the operating system. When the > failure occurs, a message similar to the following is repeatedly > printed to the console approximately every ten seconds. > > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.10 to become free. > Usage count = 3 I'm guessing that the module doesn't want to unload unless all VLAN interfaces are downed and vconfig rem:d first. //Peter