hi...
Short: ifconfig ethX down locks
Kernel: 2.4.22-bk12 (same problem with 2.4.23-pre3)
eth0: eepro100
eth1: orinoco_cs (orinoco mini-pci)
System: Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 Laptop, P3 700Mhz
Just after booting, no X startet yet, interface not yet initialized:
aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 down
aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 up
aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 down
aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 up
aurora:~# ifconfig eth1 down
<--lock here, shell does not return, even ctrl-c does not help
haegar@aurora:~$ ps axl|grep ifconfig
4 0 1041 1035 9 0 1448 404 dev_cl S pts/0 0:00 ifconfig eth1
top shows ifconfig consuming 100% cpu, 100% system
The same happens with eth0, there it takes only two up/down cycles,
perhaps because it is already configured with ipv4+ipv6 addresses, and the
same happens using '/sbin/ip link set eth0 up/down' too.
Kernel 2.4.20-pre2-ac3 is ok (my last kernel, running for month')