[2.5.53] Freeing alive device

Hi,
loading the e100 module (Intel's one) from the shell (single user mode, nothing else running, no modules loaded) I see this message:

Freeing alive device cf88e800, eth%d

I added a dump_stack() at the beggining of netdev_finish_unregister() (in net/core/dev.c). This is the trace:

Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver - version 2.1.24-k2 Copyright (c) 2002 Intel Corporation

e100: selftest OK.

Call Trace:
 [<c02498b3>] netdev_finish_unregister+0x33/0xd0
 [<c024efbc>] linkwatch_run_queue+0xbc/0xe0
 [<c024f005>] linkwatch_event+0x25/0x30
 [<c01277e5>] run_workqueue+0x75/0x110
 [<c024efe0>] linkwatch_event+0x0/0x30
 [<c0127448>] worker_thread+0x1f8/0x230
 [<c0116960>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x40
 [<c0116960>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x40
 [<c0127250>] worker_thread+0x0/0x230
 [<c010738d>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x18

Freeing alive device cf88e800, eth%d
e100: eth0: Compaq Fast Ethernet Server Adapter
Mem:0xec100000 IRQ:10 Speed:0 Mbps Dx:N/A

HTH,
Luca

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