Kernel Panic from pppd when device is disconnected

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> > If I have pppd running and I disconnect the device (I am using a USB connection), the kernel panics and I cannot reconnect the device at the same /dev 
>Why do you disconnect the device whilst you are using it in the first
>place? I mean, you wouldn't disconnect a USB hard drive whilst you were
>writing to it, would you?

True, but on the other hand, the kernel shouldn't panic. After all, such a 
device might become disconnected by accident, and it is supposed to be a hot 
plug device.

It might screw things up, but there should be no panic.

What are you doing over the ppp connection? NFS or some other network file 
system?


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