Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753529AbYJ1N6k (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:58:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752599AbYJ1N6b (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:58:31 -0400 Received: from stinky.trash.net ([213.144.137.162]:64071 "EHLO stinky.trash.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750831AbYJ1N6b (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:58:31 -0400 Message-ID: <49071A84.3080706@trash.net> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:58:28 +0100 From: Patrick McHardy User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081018) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Meelis Roos CC: Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc2: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 960 Lines: 24 Meelis Roos wrote: > Tried 2.6.28-rc2 on my computers and got a boot hang on two of them - > Thinkpad X20 and desktop machine with Intel 845 chipset. > > request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1 > request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1 > request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1 > request_module: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1 > > and then hangs. > > char-major-5-1 seems to mean ttyS0. I'm seeing the same problem on a Debian unstable system using initramfs and dm-crypt, but it seems to be caused by userspace changes, using an old initramfs image with just the new modules added manually works fine (well, breaks elsewhere). module-init-tools is version 3.4-1. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/