Johannes Rosenberger <gen...@jorsn.eu> writes: > I found something interesting: >> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c >> Short answer: If you are getting this error right after linux kernel >> initialization, you are likely booting a 32-bit kernel with a 64-bit OS. >> >> Long answer: If you boot a 32-bit kernel with a 64-bit OS, when the >> kernel tries to start /sbin/init (a 64-bit binary), it won't recognize >> the binary format, and it'll try to load the binfmt-464c kernel >> module, which is ELF support. (ELF support is generally compiled into >> the kernel, not built as a module, by the way.) >> >> The reason for the loop error is that the kernel is trying to invoke >> modprobe to load the module, and modprobe is itself an ELF binary, >> resulting in a recursion loop... > -- > http://saalwaechter-notes.blogspot.de/2008/10/requestmodule-runaway-loop-modprobe.html > > I hope it helps.
Sounds promising, but a couple of things makes it seem unlikely. 1) I'm installing from a 64 bit ISO on a a 64 bit host. 2) one of the very earlier things on menuconfig one is asked if they want a 64 bit kernel... I checked that. At least this is true of kernel 4.9.6-r1 I'm going to verify that again in a bit.
