Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:01:51 +0100 | Subject | Re: 2.6.28.[45] boot failure: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c | From | Kay Sievers <> |
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:09, Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> wrote: > My workhorse machine (Pentium D 940, Intel DG965QF board, > mirrored SATA disks), which runs fine with kernel: > ts@xenon:~> uname -a > Linux xenon 2.6.28.3-testing #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 2 23:32:07 CET 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > fails to come up with an identically configured 2.6.28.4 or 2.6.28.5 > kernel. The boot process hangs at about the time the root > file system is mounted, the last messages being (scribbled > down manually on a piece of paper, please make allowances): > > /dev/RAID/root: recovering journal ... clean > fsck successful. Mounting root device r/w > Mounting root /dev/RAID/root > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
Are you sure, that you don't have a 32/64 bit mismatch between the kernel and userspace? Like you miss 32-bit emulation in a 64-bit kernel, or your modprobe is 64-bit and you are trying to run it on a 32-bit kernel?
Kay
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