Re: MPC5200 boot giving "request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-4c46" errors

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Date: 2006-07-10 13:45:30

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=3D2><DIV><DIV><DIV>Hi Ben,</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Thanks for your ques=
tion... As far as I can tell... Yes ;).&nbsp; The board is a LITE5200 Evalu=
ation board from Freescale.&nbsp; I am, however, booting from an x86 host r=
unning FC5.&nbsp; Now having said that, I have taken (what I think) are all=
 the proper steps to cross compile all the necessary bits (kernel modules, =
busybox, tinylogin, etc)... Hmm something I've missed perhaps?</DIV><DIV>&n=
bsp;</DIV><DIV>Cheers</DIV><DIV>Glenn.</DIV><DIV><BR>&nbsp;</DIV><FONT colo=
r=3D#990099>-----Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt; wr=
ote: -----<BR><BR></FONT><blockquote style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-L=
EFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0=
px">To: gturnock@ivhs.com<BR>From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.c=
rashing.org&gt;<BR>Date: 07/09/2006 08:31AM<BR>cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs=
.org<BR>Subject: Re: MPC5200 boot giving "request=5Fmodule: runaway loop mo=
dprobe	binfmt-4c46" errors<BR><BR><FONT face=3Dmonospace size=3D2>On Fri, 2=
006-07-07 at 18:15 -0400, gturnock@ivhs.com wrote:<BR>&gt; Hi All,<BR>&gt; =
<BR>&gt; I am currently attempting to get the 2.6 Linux Kernel<BR>&gt; ( Sy=
lvain's Kernel from<BR>&gt; <A href=3D"http://gitbits.246tnt.com/gitbits/li=
nux-2.6-mpc52xx.git" target=3Dblank  >http://gitbits.246tNt.com/gitbits/lin=
ux-2.6-mpc52xx.git</A>) &nbsp;booting over<BR>&gt; NFS on a Freescale LITE5=
200 board. &nbsp;At present, I have been able to<BR>&gt; successfully mount=
 the rootfs over NFS, but am encountering the<BR>&gt; following issue... <B=
R>&gt; <BR>&gt; After the kernel frees the unused memory after the NFS moun=
t, I get a<BR>&gt; string of <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; request=5Fmodule: runaway lo=
op modprobe binfmt-4c46<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; errors and the console appears to =
hang. &nbsp;Any help would be greatly<BR>&gt; appreciated!<BR><BR>Are you s=
ure you are trying to boot a ppc NFS root ? :) Looks to me like<BR>you are =
trying to boot an x86 one...<BR><BR>Ben.<BR><BR><BR></FONT></blockquote><br=
</DIV></DIV></FONT>=
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