removing the rtl81xx driver while it is in use results in a KDL

[kallisti5]

removing the rtl81xx driver while the device is in your system or the device is being used results in an instant kdl.

performing a ifconfig --delete /dev... doesn't change the kdl situation.

[kallisti5]

kdl, sorry for the lack of quality.

[axeld]

Your /dev/net/rtl81xx/0 device is in use while this happens? Ie. an interface with that name exists and is up?

And if you delete the interface, and then remove (by deleting or moving it someplace else?) the driver, the same KDL appears?

What revision? Really the alpha1?

[kallisti5]

latest nightly.. sorry :)

tried everything in my powers to remove the /dev/net/rtl81xx/0 device (ifconfig ... down, ifconfig --delete ..., etc) still KDL's. The is the only driver that has this behavior, the rest are ok being removed while in use (we were troubleshooting an interrupt issue when this behavior was discovered, intel_extreme, hda, atheroswifi, ehci remove ok)

by "removing the driver" I mean moving it's binary file in /boot/system/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bin/ to the desktop to disable it on next boot.

[axeld]

Can you add the output of "ifconfig" after boot?

[kallisti5]

on a fresh boot circa hrev35628...

loop    Hardware Type: Local Loopback, Address: none
        inet addr: 127.0.0.1, Mask: 255.0.0.0
        MTU: 16384, Metric: 0, up loopback link
        Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
        Transmit: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
        Collisions: 0

/dev/net/rtl81xx/0
        Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:1e:68:be:01:ac
        Media Type: 100 MBit, 100BASE-TX
        inet addr: 10.21.17.68, Bcast: 10.21.17.255, Mask: 255.255.254.0
        MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast link auto-configured
        Receive: 367 packets, 0 errors, 29954 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
        Transmit: 9 packets, 0 errors, 1962 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
        Collisions: 0

[jackburton]

Is this still valid ?

[waddlesplash]

Probably not, the KDL shown in the ticket was likely fixed with the deinitialization changes in the compat layer, and ifconfig --delete of course does not KDL now.

[nielx]

Assign tickets with status=closed and resolution=fixed within the R1/beta2 development window to the R1/beta2 Milestone