Bug 11332

Summary:	rmmod ipw2100 removes active device
Product:	Drivers	Reporter:	Richard Hartmann (richih.mailinglist)
Component:	network-wireless	Assignee:	drivers_network-wireless (drivers_network-wireless)
Status:	REJECTED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.26	Subsystem:
Regression:	---	Bisected commit-id:

Description Richard Hartmann 2008-08-14 06:49:11 UTC

Earliest failing kernel version: This has been the case for quite some time. At least 2.6.15?
Distribution: Debian unstable
Hardware Environment: Thinkpad X31
Software Environment: Debian unstable
Problem Description:
You can unload the ipw2100 module while devices depending on this module are in active use. Other modules will warn you that they are in use, so ipw2100 should do the same.

Steps to reproduce:
# modprobe ipw2100
# iwconfig/wpa_supplicant whatever
# rmmod ipw2100

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2008-08-14 10:40:02 UTC

This is working as designed.  FWIW you can do the same thing w/ e1000.