On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:48:51 -0700 (PDT) [email protected] wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8677
>
> Summary: booting with initrd fails: request_module: runaway loop
> modprobe binfmt-0000
> Product: Other
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.22_rc*
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Other
> AssignedTo: [email protected]
> ReportedBy: [email protected]
>
>
> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:2.6.21
> Distribution: gentoo
> Hardware Environment: IBM Thinkpad T43
> Software Environment:
> Problem Description:
>
> I can't boot all 2.6.22_rc* kernels with an initrd. When booting I get the
> following message about 6 times:
>
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
>
> If I disable the initrd, booting works without problems.
>
>
I seem to recall having seen reports of this before. Does anyone recall
the reason for it?
26 Haz 2007 Sal tarihinde, Andrew Morton şunları yazmıştı:
> > I can't boot all 2.6.22_rc* kernels with an initrd. When booting I get
> > the following message about 6 times:
> >
> > request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
> >
> > If I disable the initrd, booting works without problems.
>
> I seem to recall having seen reports of this before. Does anyone recall
> the reason for it?
I've hit that before, first was the misc. compiliation issue which solved by
recompilation and other was related to "Load Custom Dsdt Table" [1] patch
which seems the case here (boots without initramfs/initrd) if that kernel has
that kind of out-of-tree patch.
[1] http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml
Cheers
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