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Subject: Re: Hang loading initrd since last Friday.
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On 5/2/23 21:46, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
> On 03.05.23 04:31, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>> On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 02:03:33PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
>>>
>>> Pulling today's upstream 6.3+ tree, my system now hangs loading initrd.
> 
> Just to understand this properly: you mean after the boot loader said it
> loaded the initramfs, not when the kernel starts using it?

I am bisecting...it appears to be .config related.  If I skip enabling things
during bisect, then I do not see the problem.  But I copied my original buggy .config
into an otherwise good kernel commit, and now it fails.  I'm manually bisecting
the .config settings....

Thanks,
Ben

> 
>>>   Nothing useful is seen on
>>> serial console after that.  This was working late last week.  Other older kernels boot OK, so
>>> I think is is related to the kernel.
>>
>> What is your setup (especially kernel config)?
>>
>> Is v6.3 works for you? I haven't seen this regression on my computer
>> using v6.3.
> 
> Ben, you just to be sure might want to check if a kernel image that
> currently works still boots if you regenerate its initramfs: maybe the
> initramfs generator or something it uses changed recently and is causing
> your problem. I've seen a case or two where that was the case.
> 
>>> I have not yet started bisect, curious if this is already know problem.
>> Certainly you should try bisection.
> 
> Yeah.
> 
> BTW: What kind of platform is this?
> 
> Ciao, Thorsten
> 

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com