Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland
On 2008-11-29 20:22 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 11/13/08 04:50, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2008-11-13 11:38 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> I set the subarch to Opteron and, based on what I found in lkml using
>>> Google, did:
>>>
>>> # make clean
>>> # ARCH=x86_64 make menuconfig
>>> # make
>>> # make modules_install
>>>
>>> Still 32 bit. Do I have to do this, too?
>>> # ARCH=x86_64 make
>>
>> Yes, this is necessary.
>
> Now I get this during boot:
> runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>
> Most of the Google search results are unhelpful, but one (from
> debian-amd64) indicates that the issue relates to a 32-vs-64 bit
> conflict in modprobe.
>
> So, where do I get a 64-bit modprobe?
The 32-bit modprobe (from module-init-tools) should work fine; it
certainly does for me. Did you remember to enable 32-bit emulation in
your kernel (CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y)?
Sven
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