Description of problem: Problem not present with 2.6.15. Problem present in 2.6.17 and 2.6.18. I am using xircom_cb with a Xircom RBEM56G-100 card. I can assign IP information to the ethernet port exactly once. After that, any attempt to assign new IP info fails. A reboot is required to change the IP! Any attempt to unload the card results in a steady stream of messages: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Updated stock FC5 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. dhclient eth0 (gets IP) 2. plug into a different DHCP server 3. killall dhclient; dhclient eth0 (FAILS) 4. pccardctl eject 0 (produces unregister_netdev errors) I am using the latest pcmciautils package. Kernel has acpi=off I have seen the 'udev hang on boot' error one time with 2.6.18, but it is not reproducible.
Fedora-netdev kernels are available here: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/ Please give those a try to verify that this problem continues to exist there, and post the results here...thanks!
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