PCMCIA, lockup in X when hotswapping

[Wakko Warner]

> pcmcia hotswapping works great at the console but will lock up the machine
> solid if you're in X when you do shutdown the network interface and stop
> cardmgr.
> 
> all recent kernels up to and including 2.3.40pre6, pcmcia in the kernel,
> 3.1.8 cardmgr.
> 
> is this a side effect of something else or can it be fixed?
> 
> i had a slight thought about X being chatty on the interface but that
> quickly vanished because you can take the interface down and flush all
> routing save loopback and X still works dandy.

With my laptop (ricoh cardbus controller), if I eject the card (either
physically or cardmgr eject) the machine locksup.  If phsically ejected,
there's an oops printed on the screen.  If someone will look at it, I'll
post the oops along with the config (and decoded of course).  This is on
2.3.40-6

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