Hi. On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 07:38:18PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi folks, > > Jürgen Löb <j.l...@loeb-it.de> (2019-02-16): > > Package: linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae > > Version: 4.9.144-3 > > Severity: serious > > > > Updated my Lamobo R1 board with apt update;apt upgrade > > > > After the update uboot is struck at "Starting kernel". There is no > > further output after "Starting kernel". Same happens on Bananapi 1 > > board. Unfortunately there is no more useful information. > […] > > Summing up, it looks like everybody in cc is confirming the regression > happens between 4.9.130-2 and 4.9.144-3, with and without lpae, on > various boards. Any chance you could check what happens with the > 4.9.135-1 intermediary version that can be found on snapshot.debian.org?
Did this already in QEMU (virt board). 4.9.135-1 works. 4.9.144-1 (next one) is broken. The problem is - 4.9.144-1 introduced large amount of changes, including two Spectre mitigations. My attempts to build a kernel with CONFIG_SPECTRE=n yielded unbootable kernels, which may mean that: a) Spectre mitigations are not related to the problem. b) My kernel-rebuilding skill could use some improvement. Reco
