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

[Patrick McHardy]

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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