2016-12-23 14:58 GMT+01:00 Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 1:59 PM, fredbezies via arch-general > <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'm facing an annoying bug with linux 4.9-1 kernel on my 6 or 7 years >> old Toshiba Laptop. When I try to make it boot on with linux 4.9-1 >> kernel, it freeze right after loading initramfs. >> >> 4.8.xx kernel was working flawlessly. My eeePC (nearly 9 years old) >> and my desktop computer (which is AMD based) are both starting with >> linux 4.9. >> >> I opened a bug : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52246 >> >> Here is my lspci. If someone can help me finding what is happening, [...] > > Does the fallback boot entry work? No. > > Have you tried reinstalling the kernel? Yes. [...] > > If this is a regression you will have to post dmesg. If you don't see > errors/warnings, then kernel developers would usually ask to enable > debug flags for printing more information during boot. I wonder if there is any dmesg logged while booting on initramfs... Will try to see anyway. > > That said, I have one old machine with a Core2Duo and GM4xx and > ever since DRM's atomic modesetting was introduced in 4.2, I can > only use 4.1 warning free. Regressions do happen but you had no > warnings or errors in 4.8 so yours looks like a different regression. I wonder which option listed here is the culprit. https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/linux&id=26d5f8c9110f0fca96a7ef05c235dd005b1049a7 -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@xxxxxxxxx
