Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8677] New: booting with initrd fails: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000

Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8677] New: booting with initrd fails: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:48:51 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8677
> 
>            Summary: booting with initrd fails: request_module: runaway loop
>                     modprobe binfmt-0000
>            Product: Other
>            Version: 2.5
>      KernelVersion: 2.6.22_rc*
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Other
>         AssignedTo: other_other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
>         ReportedBy: linux@solnet.ch
> 
> 
> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:2.6.21
> Distribution: gentoo
> Hardware Environment: IBM Thinkpad T43
> Software Environment:
> Problem Description:
> 
> I can't boot all 2.6.22_rc* kernels with an initrd. When booting I get the
> following message about 6 times:
> 
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
> 
> If I disable the initrd, booting works without problems.
> 
> 

I seem to recall having seen reports of this before.  Does anyone recall
the reason for it?

Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8677] New: booting with initrd fails: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000

[S.Çağlar Onur]

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26 Haz 2007 Sal tarihinde, Andrew Morton şunları yazmıştı: 
> > I can't boot all 2.6.22_rc* kernels with an initrd. When booting I get
> > the following message about 6 times:
> >
> > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
> >
> > If I disable the initrd, booting works without problems.
>
> I seem to recall having seen reports of this before.  Does anyone recall
> the reason for it?

I've hit that before, first was the misc. compiliation issue which solved by 
recompilation and other was related to "Load Custom Dsdt Table" [1] patch 
which seems the case here (boots without initramfs/initrd) if that kernel has 
that kind of out-of-tree patch.

[1] http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml

Cheers
-- 
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