New: rtl8150 module does not unload when interface is up

Bugme-new Andrew Morton 1 participant 1 message Oct 3, 2008 1 message not in the archive

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Quoted 20 lines · On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:52:44 -0700 (PDT) [email protected] wrote:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11648

           Summary: rtl8150 module does not unload when interface is up
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: 2.6.26.5
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Network
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]

using stock kernel.org 2.6.26.5 on a Dell Latitude D820 laptop (running Gentoo, but shouldnt matter).

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i'm using a RTL8150 USB NIC with the driver built as a module:
ID 0bda:8150 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8150 Fast Ethernet Adapter
if you load the module, then bring up the interface by doing something simple like ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.1, then do rmmod rtl8150, the driver goes to lunch and forgets to come back. top shows ksoftirqd processing a lot and rmmod using 100% cpu. trying to strace rmmod shows nothing, so something in the kernel is processing a lot on its behalf ...

I never know who to blame^Wconsult when it comes to USB net drivers.