I have also noticed kernel panics when ejecting PCMCIA modems and network cards
Owen > I noticed today that there is still a problem which has been > there for at > least the last few kernel revisions. Using a pcmcia serial modem - > either my > Zoom one or a brand new Creative Labs one, when the card is in the slot > on > boot, trying to use it will come up with "modem is busy". Ejecting the > card > will crash the kernel interupt handler. The modem CAN be used if it is > either inserted AFTER the computer is completely booted up, or if a > modprobe -r serial_cs followed by a modprobe serial_cs is done. > > V.
