I am not trying to unload the 8021q module. Just trying to do "vconfig rem ethX.X" to remove the VLAN interface causes the failure.. Thanks.. --rez > -----Original Message----- > From: vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Stuge > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 1:01 PM > To: vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [VLAN] Failure Removing 8021q VLAN Interface > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Vlan mailing list > Vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.lanforge.com/mailman/listinfo/vlan >