Re: request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1

[mlachwani <mlachwani@mvista.com>]

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
> >     
>
>