Re: 2.6.28.[45] boot failure: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

[Kay Sievers]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:09, Tilman Schmidt <tilman@xxxxxxx> 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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