modprobe pf-net-17 (af_packet) gets stuck during boot and just sits there looping and sucking up cpu. during start up of init programs: --- Linux version 2.5.69 (root@butterfly) (gcc version 3.2.3) #2 Mon May 5 09:41:52 EDT 2003 ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at include/linux/module.h:284! invalid operand: 0000 [#1] CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010246 EIP is at inet6_create+0x394/0x440 [ipv6] eax: 00000000 ebx: 0000003a ecx: 00000000 edx: d8b7e900 esi: d50a4000 edi: d8b7cdc0 ebp: d50a5f08 esp: d50a5ee8 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process modprobe (pid: 765, threadinfo=d50a4000 task=d5177340) Stack: d8b7e900 d503ab20 0000039c d7d89460 d503ab20 00000001 0000000a 00000003 d50a5f54 c0254d1c d515be20 0000003a 0000003a d8b7e160 d515be20 ffffff9f d50a5f50 c0122964 d8b7e100 d7fc4240 d7fc4240 00000003 0000416d d654b820 Call Trace: [] +0x0/0xe0 [ipv6] [] sock_create+0x10c/0x2d0 [] ipv6_root_table+0x0/0x60 [ipv6] [] register_proc_table+0x94/0x130 [] ipv6_net_table+0x0/0x60 [ipv6] [] +0x0/0xe0 [ipv6] [] icmpv6_init+0x2d/0x100 [ipv6] [] __icmpv6_socket+0x0/0x4 [ipv6] [] +0x0/0xe0 [ipv6] [] inet6_init+0x14b/0x320 [ipv6] [] inet6_family_ops+0x0/0x18 [ipv6] [] sys_init_module+0x109/0x1c0 [] +0x0/0xe0 [ipv6] [] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Code: 0f 0b 1c 01 5c 28 b7 d8 e9 ba fd ff ff 0f 0b 1e 01 73 28 b7 --- on hard eject of pcmcia modem/nic card (3ccfem556). --- irq 3: nobody cared! Call Trace: [] handle_IRQ_event+0x99/0x120 [] do_IRQ+0x9c/0x130 [] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20 [] pci_bus_read_config_word+0x72/0x90 [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] yenta_set_socket+0x5e/0x1d0 [yenta_socket] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] yenta_clear_maps+0x51/0x90 [yenta_socket] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] dead_socket+0x0/0xc [pcmcia_core] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] yenta_init+0x1c/0x30 [yenta_socket] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] ti_init+0x14/0x30 [yenta_socket] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] +0x36/0x40 [yenta_socket] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] init_socket+0x2c/0x30 [pcmcia_core] [] shutdown_socket+0x17/0x100 [pcmcia_core] [] parse_events+0xcb/0x130 [pcmcia_core] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] yenta_bh+0x4d/0x60 [yenta_socket] [] +0x38/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] +0x34/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] worker_thread+0x1f0/0x2d0 [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] +0x0/0x840 [yenta_socket] [] yenta_bh+0x0/0x60 [yenta_socket] [] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20 [] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x14 [] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20 [] worker_thread+0x0/0x2d0 [] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x18 handlers: [] (el3_interrupt+0x0/0x270 [3c574_cs]) Trying to free nonexistent resource <000003e8-000003ef> --- -- ____________________}John Flinchbaugh{______________________ | glynis@hjsoft.com http://www.hjsoft.com/~glynis/ | ~~Powered by Linux: Reboots are for hardware upgrades only~~