Re: problem with starting 2.5.25-rc1 and latest git

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:16:02PM +0100, Mariusz Kozlowski wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	I tried 2.6.25-rc1 and latest git on my laptop (x86 32bit) and have a problem.
> Linux boots but with huge delay due to some issue with loading usb modules.
> Udev complains:
> 
> 'Could not lock modprobe uhci_hcd'
> 'Could not lock modprobe yenta_socket'
> 'Unknown symbol usb_*'
> 'Gave up waiting for init of module usbcore'
> 
> at the same time I can see these messages in syslog (look at timing - grep by usb):
> 
> Feb 13 21:34:22 laptop kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
> Feb 13 21:34:22 laptop kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
> Feb 13 21:34:22 laptop kernel: usbcore: registered new device driver usb
> Feb 13 21:34:22 laptop kernel: ehci_hcd: gave up waiting for init of module usbcore.

I don't see how this is a usb issue, it looks to be a module loading
issue, which is in the module core and module-init-tools.

What version of module-init-tools do you have, and are you using an
initramfs that loads these modules?  If so, what distro and version are
you using?

thanks,

greg k-h