Hi, So the ">>>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1" problem is now solved, I dont get the same error again -- Thank you Ralf, Manish and Steve for your prompt responses.. However, the kernel gets stuck now after mounting the filesystem and freeing memory. It does not execute the shell. When I give a boot argument such as init=/bin/sh, it attempts to kill init. I m sure that the endianness is not an issue - everything is big endian. I statically compiled a hello world program and instead of the rcS script in the init.d directory, put in this entry in the inittab sys::sysinit:/etc/init.d/hello however, I dont see "Hello World" on the console! -- meaning the problem is in userspace? Any ideas on how to debug this situation? Thanks, Ashlesha. On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 16:10 -0800, mlachwani wrote: > CONFIG_UNIX is defined in net/unix/Kconfig or simply do a "make > menuconfig" and search for UNIX. > > It depends on CONFIG_NET. Check your .config ... > > thanks, > Manish Lachwani > > > Ashlesha Shintre wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 22:17 +0000, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:42:39AM -0800, Ashlesha Shintre wrote: > >> > >> > >>> During boot up on the Encore M3 board (AU1500 MIPS) of the 2.6.14.6 > >>> kernel, the process stops after the NFS filesystem has been mounted, > >>> memory freed and spits out the following message: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1 > >>>> > >> The kernel tried to open UNIX domain socket but because support is not > >> compiled it will load the module instead. Now, glibc-based programs > >> happen to try to connect to nscd via a UNIX domain socket on startup > >> and the whole show starts all over. After a few iterations the kernel > >> gets tired of the whole game and prints this friendly message. > >> > >> > >>> What does the net-pf-1 mean? > >>> > >> net-pf-1 is PF_UNIX, see the definitions in include/linux/socket.h. So > >> you should set CONFIG_UNIX to y. > >> > > > > Thanks for your reply Ralf, but I dont see he CONFIG_UNIX option in my > > Makefile, so I created one, but still get the same error! > > is there anything else that i should try? > > > > Thanks again, > > Ashlesha. > > > >> Building it as a module won't work > >> as you just found :). > >> > >> Ralf > >> > > > > > > >
