Re: kernel hangs when trying to remove a bridge

On Monday 31 July 2006 19:22, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> There was a bug in the VLAN code that did that, not sure which version
> it was fixed in.
>
> Do you have IPV6 installed (as a module)?
> In some kernel versions, IPV6 has a problem with device ref counting, and
> leaves a dangling reference.

Yes, I have ipv6 working (dual-stack) and as a module.

The problem I reported was not found in earlier kernels, so it is all working 
fine now.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

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