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Bug 105180 - /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf (ebuild modules-init-tool) hangs on microcode module during system boot
Summary: /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf (ebuild modules-init-tool) hangs on microcode m...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2005-09-07 13:21 UTC by norbert kamenicky
Modified: 2005-12-23 21:16 UTC (History)
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Description norbert kamenicky 2005-09-07 13:21:51 UTC
Hi all,

yesterday I compiled/installed new kernel 2.6.13-gentoo ...
after reboot I saw "Calculating module dependencies" 
and if I not press reset button (after circa 10 minutes), it probably calculates
 it forever

I rebooted old kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r9, but boot failed in the same way again.

After some investigation I found, where the problem is ...
the last job of boot sequence was: /etc/init.d/modules -> /sbin/modules-update 
-> /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf

generate-modprobe.conf gets the list of modules to test from command:
"/sbin/modules{,.old} -c"
The list contains "microcode" line on which generate-modprobe.conf stops ...


I modified generate-modprobe.conf, to delete "microcode" line 
(using ... | grep -v microcom > $MODPROBECONF)
and then my gentoo starts in normal way again

PS.
I use "microcode-ctl" ebuild


Reproducible: Always
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Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1,
2.6.13-gentoo i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.13-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13
ccache version 2.3 [disabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5-r1, 2.4.1-r1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.12
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mmmx -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-12-23 21:16:48 UTC
try with sys-apps/module-init-tools 3.2.1