On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 11:45 PM Ian Zimmerman <i...@very.loosely.org> wrote: > > I cannot get either 4.9.106 or 4.9.107 to work on my amd64 system at > all. It seems some (but not all) modules refuse to load: > > Script started on 2018-06-07 13:31:28-0700 > matica!501 ~# modprobe fbcon > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'fbcon': Exec format error > matica!502 ~# ls /usr/lib/modules/4.9.106/kernel/sound/ > core/ hda/ pci/ soundcore.ko > matica!502 ~# ls /lib/modules/4.9.106/kernel/sound/hda/ > snd-hda-core.ko > matica!503 ~# modprobe snd-hda-core > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'snd_hda_core': Exec format error > matica!504 ~# exit > Script done on 2018-06-07 13:32:56-0700 > > I am pretty sure this is caused by: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=b790b4f22a165e85f0b53a3231764034e42c7ea6 > > Wth can I do about it? Wait for an updated kmod package? How long will > that take? > > I run without initramfs, gcc version is 6.4.0-r1 > > -- > Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, > if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. > To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists > which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com. >
Could this be a multilib issue? Does you kernel have CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION enabled? See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7647744.html.