linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28-rc2: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1

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Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:58:28 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
CC:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc2: runaway loop modprobe char-major-5-1

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.
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