From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964807AbWDZU5e (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:57:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932467AbWDZU5e (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:57:34 -0400 Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]:10965 "EHLO mail.wrs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932463AbWDZU5d (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:57:33 -0400 Message-ID: <444FDEBB.90409@windriver.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:57:31 -0400 From: martin rogers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: kernel pause during boot? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Apr 2006 20:57:32.0681 (UTC) FILETIME=[09B7EF90:01C66974] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org All, I am trying to figure out why a kernel is pausing, until a key is typed on the (serial) console, whenever a kernel module fails to load. A module is failing to load (doesn't matter why- can't register a device b/c the minor number is already taken), and the boot seemingly pauses until a key is hit- or at least, the console seems paused in some manner. I waited a long time and there appears to be no timeout. A second module once failed to load for a different reason and the behaviour was the same. I don't know what statements that ran in the module, as a result of the failure to load, that might explain the apparent pause. Hopefully what I've described will trigger someone's memory? TIA!!! Martin Rogers Wind River