From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:17:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:17356 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20039344AbWKVWRR (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:17:17 +0000 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAMMHCe5009458; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:17:14 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id kAMMHCJQ009457; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:17:12 GMT Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:17:12 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Ashlesha Shintre Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1 Message-ID: <20061122221712.GB8819@linux-mips.org> References: <1164224559.6511.4.camel@sandbar.kenati.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1164224559.6511.4.camel@sandbar.kenati.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 13240 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:42:39AM -0800, Ashlesha Shintre wrote: > During boot up on the Encore M3 board (AU1500 MIPS) of the 2.6.14.6 > kernel, the process stops after the NFS filesystem has been mounted, > memory freed and spits out the following message: > > > > request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1 The kernel tried to open UNIX domain socket but because support is not compiled it will load the module instead. Now, glibc-based programs happen to try to connect to nscd via a UNIX domain socket on startup and the whole show starts all over. After a few iterations the kernel gets tired of the whole game and prints this friendly message. > What does the net-pf-1 mean? net-pf-1 is PF_UNIX, see the definitions in include/linux/socket.h. So you should set CONFIG_UNIX to y. Building it as a module won't work as you just found :). Ralf