Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 10:38:49 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, current@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: the ifp to a removed pcmcia ethernet card is left in struct ip_moptions and struct ifmultiaddr Message-ID: <200009100938.e8A9con69883@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> of "Sat, 09 Sep 2000 12:16:39 EDT." <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000909121417.67885B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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> > Interfaces in promiscuous mode will always result in a reboot. I > > *usually* get away with ejecting an active card if it's not in > > promiscuous mode. > > A while back I committed patches to use bpf_detach(), which elminated the > struct ifnet pointer in the bpf described at detach time. This removed > most of the panics I experience on ejecting pccards. This should be in > 5.0-CURRENT and 4.1-STABLE. If you're still experiencing panics, we > should track it down some more as presumably there is another reference > (it could also be a race condition, or in-use mbuf during detach?) I guess with a promiscuous interface, it's a whole lot more likely that there's an in-use mbuf around somewhere. That's probably what panics things I would think. > Robert N M Watson > > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ > PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 > TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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