Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.7 and runaway modprobe loop? | Date | Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:51:48 +1000 |
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 09:17:08 -0700 (PDT), "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote: >If I build/boot 2.5.7 with 64 GB support (with or without >high_pte), I get: > >Freeing unused kernel memory: 448k freed >INIT: version 2.78 booting >kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped >kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped >kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped >kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped >kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped > >If I build/boot it with 4 GB support, it boots fine. > >Fixes, suggestion?
If /var/log/ksymoops exists and is mounted rw when that message is issued, look at 20020409.log to see what modprobe is asking for. Otherwise add a printk to kernel/kmod::request_module() to print module_name. In either case, work out why it is going recursive.
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