Hello, tried to boot 5.10.1 (my first attempt to boot a 5.10.x). Displays EFI stub: WARNING: [Firmware Bug]: LoadOptions is an EFI_LOAD_OPTION descriptor EFI stub: WARNING: [Firmware Bug]: Using OptionalData as a workaround for one or two seconds on the notebook display. Then, the notebook display becomes completely black and the notebook does not boot and does not react to anything (hard poweroff needed). 5.9.15 works fine. Of course, this could be some other change 5.9 --> 5.10, but I think Efistub is the first suspect. Directly booting from UEFI to linux, no bootloader. Dell Precision Mobile 7740, dmidecode says BIOS version 1.7.0, 01/07/2020. My kernel has *no* command line arguments at all or at least, it should not have any (fully static kernel with no modules or initrd, all kernel parameters configured into the kernel). In 5.9.15, dmesg displays only a \x01 for the command line. Next step? Is there sonething to try out? Are there any patches I should reverse-apply? Should I open a bug at buzilla.kernel.org? Thanks for any help! -- Prof. Dr. Klaus Kusche Private address: Rosenberg 41, 07546 Gera, Germany +49 365 20413058 klaus.kusche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.computerix.info Office address: DHGE Gera, Weg der Freundschaft 4, 07546 Gera, Germany +49 365 4341 306 klaus.kusche@xxxxxxx https://www.dhge.de
