From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752797AbZBQKqQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:46:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751378AbZBQKqA (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:46:00 -0500 Received: from mail.phnxsoft.com ([195.227.45.4]:1998 "EHLO posthamster.phnxsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751255AbZBQKp7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:45:59 -0500 Message-ID: <499A9560.1090209@imap.cc> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:45:52 +0100 From: Tilman Schmidt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081204 SeaMonkey/1.1.14 Mnenhy/0.7.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kay Sievers CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.28.[45] boot failure: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c References: <499A7EE2.50108@imap.cc> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA09670A1027024FDC2FA6EAC" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA09670A1027024FDC2FA6EAC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:01:51 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:09, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> My workhorse machine (Pentium D 940, Intel DG965QF board, >> mirrored SATA disks), which runs fine with kernel: >> ts@xenon:~> uname -a >> Linux xenon 2.6.28.3-testing #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 2 23:32:07 CET 200= 9 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >> fails to come up with an identically configured 2.6.28.4 or 2.6.28.5 >> kernel. [...] >=20 > Are you sure, that you don't have a 32/64 bit mismatch between the > kernel and userspace? Like you miss 32-bit emulation in a 64-bit > kernel, or your modprobe is 64-bit and you are trying to run it on a > 32-bit kernel? Pretty sure. Although running on a 64 bit capable processor, this is a pure 32 bit installation: ts@xenon:~> file /sbin/modprobe /sbin/modprobe: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),= for GNU/Linux 2.6.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped ts@xenon:~> uname -a Linux xenon 2.6.28.3-testing #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 2 23:32:07 CET 2009 i= 686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ts@xenon:~> diff kernel/linux-2.6.28.{3,5}-work/.config 3,4c3,4 < # Linux kernel version: 2.6.28.3 < # Mon Feb 2 22:41:42 2009 --- > # Linux kernel version: 2.6.28.5 > # Sat Feb 14 00:06:09 2009 ts@xenon:~> file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28.* /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28.3-testing: Linux/x86 Kernel, Setup Version 0x209, bz= Image, Version 2.6.28.3, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x2, Normal VGA /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28.5-testing: Linux/x86 Kernel, Setup Version 0x209, bz= Image, Version 2.6.28.5, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x2, Normal VGA ts@xenon:~> The first one of these two kernels runs fine, the second one hangs. Thanks, Tilman --=20 Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Unge=C3=B6ffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe R=C3=BCckseite) --------------enigA09670A1027024FDC2FA6EAC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJmpVhQ3+did9BuFsRAsC5AJ9UNjb2DqoZrwqBBN9E8Mdcs9DLDgCfbs9f xLUVrAgSXazBM9/DvGg/C7A= =Xrv/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA09670A1027024FDC2FA6EAC--