2.3.15: ominous message from unregister_netdevice...

Alessandro Suardi (asuardi@uninetcom.it)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:49:07 +0200


>From my /var/log/messages...

Aug 28 00:10:51 dogbert pppd[852]: Exit.
Aug 28 00:11:01 dogbert kernel: unregister_netdevice: Old style device ppp0 leaked(refcnt=2). Wait for crash.

It hasn't crashed (yet) and if you get this message then re-connecting
via PPP isn't that harmful... nb, pppd is 2.3.9. gcc etc. in .sig.

Ciao,

--alessandro <asuardi@uninetcom.it> <asuardi@it.oracle.com>

Linux 2.2.12/2.3.15 glibc-2.1.1-6 gcc-2.95.1 binutils-2.9.5.0.8

"They claim to walk unafraid - I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my 'love me or leave me' high" -- R.E.M.

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