From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
Cc: Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc2: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:58:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49071A84.3080706@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0810281212540.21462@math.ut.ee>
Meelis Roos wrote:
> Tried 2.6.28-rc2 on my computers and got a boot hang on two of them -
> Thinkpad X20 and desktop machine with Intel 845 chipset.
>
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1
>
> and then hangs.
>
> char-major-5-1 seems to mean ttyS0.
I'm seeing the same problem on a Debian unstable system using
initramfs and dm-crypt, but it seems to be caused by userspace
changes, using an old initramfs image with just the new modules
added manually works fine (well, breaks elsewhere).
module-init-tools is version 3.4-1.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-28 13:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-28 10:15 2.6.28-rc2: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1 Meelis Roos
2008-10-28 13:58 ` Patrick McHardy [this message]
2008-10-28 14:50 ` Meelis Roos
2008-10-29 20:27 ` Meelis Roos
2008-11-21 21:56 ` Regression - " Meelis Roos
2008-11-24 13:31 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-11-24 15:05 ` Kay Sievers
2008-11-25 11:12 ` Patrick McHardy
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