On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 08:24:36AM -0700, shuah wrote: > On 12/4/19 10:53 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.158 release. > > There are 209 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please > > let me know. > > > > Responses should be made by Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:50:10 +0000. > > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.14.158-rc1.gz > > or in the git tree and branch at: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.14.y > > and the diffstat can be found below. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > > Starting with Linux 4.14.157, 4.9.204, and 4.4.204 stables stopped > booting on my system. It can't find the root disk. No config changes > in between. > > I have been bisecting 4.14 and 4.9 with no luck so far. I updated > to Ubuntu 19.10 in between. > > The only other thing I see is CONFIG_GCC_VERSION which is supported > starting 4.18. I don't this boot failing issue on 4.19 + up. I am > also chasing any links between this config and scripts and tools > that generate the initramfs. Did you also upgrade your version of gcc? I know I build those older kernels with the latest version of gcc for build tests, but I do not boot them. I think everyone who still uses them uses older versions of gcc. > I am still debugging ... Serious for me since I can no longer test > older stables. :( Ick, not good, sorry. If you find anything bisecting, please let me know. thanks, greg k-h
