From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 8 16:56: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (tun.AwfulHak.org [194.242.139.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1AE737B43F; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 16:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e88Np8e57686; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 00:51:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e88Nogn57839; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 00:50:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200009082350.e88Nogn57839@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Wes Peters Cc: Seigo Tanimura , 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 In-Reply-To: Message from Wes Peters of "Tue, 05 Sep 2000 00:13:50 MDT." <39B48F1E.4C193F79@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 00:50:42 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Seigo Tanimura wrote: > > > > I have been suffering from this problem for almost 2 months. When I > > remove a pcmcia ethernet card from my laptop PC, routed(8) announces > > updated routing information by multicast, leading to a kernel > > panic. > > Ejecting an interface configured up will do that. ifconfig the interface > `down' and then `delete' before ejecting it. 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. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message