Description of problem: fc6test3 kernel with PAE support fails to boot with: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000 Configuration: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mainboard with Intel P965, ICH8 (not ICH8R), JMicron JMB363 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 4x 1GB DDR2-675 Software RAID 5 with 3x 250gb SATA2 disks Gigabyte GV-NX76G256D-RH PCIe graphics card with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6PAE How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot fc6test3 PAE kernel 2. 3. Actual results: boot fails with request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000 Expected results: boots successfully Additional info: Kernels without PAE support boot successfully Attachment with complete kernel and lspci -vv output
Created attachment 136412 [details] Kernel and lspci -vv output
2.6.17-1.2647.fc6PAE shows the same behaviour. 2.6.17-1.2647.fc6xen boots despite PAE support, but is unstable. See bug #207254
Same for kernel-PAE-2.6.18-1.2689.fc6.
A similar report was traced to highmem problems in a scsi driver (a long time ago...): http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0406.1/1127.html
Problem is still present in kernel-PAE-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686. This one panics with "failed to execute /init", though. See new attachment. The problem seems to be here: Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones agpgart: Detected an Intel 965G Chipset. agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0x0 With agp=off everything works like a charm. Bug #207254 and bug #212342 seem to be one and the same.
Created attachment 139698 [details] kernel-PAE-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686 failing to execute /init
Hello, I'm reviewing this bug as part of the kernel bug triage project, an attempt to isolate current bugs in the Fedora kernel. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage I am CC'ing myself to this bug, however this version of Fedora is no longer maintained. Please attempt to reproduce this bug with a current version of Fedora (presently Fedora 8). If the bug no longer exists, please close the bug or I'll do so in a few days if there is no further information lodged. Thanks for using Fedora!
Closing per previous comment. If you can provide the requested information, please feel free to re-open this bug.