From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696B4679E1 for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2006 22:31:57 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: MPC5200 boot giving "request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-4c46" errors From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: gturnock@ivhs.com In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:31:48 +1000 Message-Id: <1152448308.4128.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 18:15 -0400, gturnock@ivhs.com wrote: > Hi All, > > I am currently attempting to get the 2.6 Linux Kernel > ( Sylvain's Kernel from > http://gitbits.246tNt.com/gitbits/linux-2.6-mpc52xx.git) booting over > NFS on a Freescale LITE5200 board. At present, I have been able to > successfully mount the rootfs over NFS, but am encountering the > following issue... > > After the kernel frees the unused memory after the NFS mount, I get a > string of > > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-4c46 > > errors and the console appears to hang. Any help would be greatly > appreciated! Are you sure you are trying to boot a ppc NFS root ? :) Looks to me like you are trying to boot an x86 one... Ben.