On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 07:06:50AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > Hi, > > I notice a regression report on Bugzilla [1]. Quoting from it: > > > After upgrading from 6.5.9 to 6.6.1 on my Dell Latitude E6420 (Intel > > i5-2520M) with EndeavourOS, the boot process would hang at "loading initial > > ramdisk". The issue is present on the 6.6.1 release of both Linux and > > Linux-zen, but not the 6.5.9 release, which makes me think this is somehow > > upstream in the kernel, rather than to do with packaging. My current > > workaround is using the Linux LTS kernel. > > > > I have been unable to consistently reproduce this bug. Between 50 and 30 > > percent of the time, the "loading initial ramdisk" will display, the disk > > activity indicator will turn off briefly and then resume blinking, and then > > the kernel boots as expected. The other 50 to 70 percent of the time, the > > boot stops at "loading initial ramdisk" and the disk activity indicator > > turns off, and does not resume blinking. The disk activity light is > > constantly flashing during normal system operation, so I know it's not > > secretly booting but not updating the display. I haven't been able to > > replicate this issue in QEMU. I have seen similar bugs that have been > > solved by disabling IOMMU, but this has not had any effect. Neither has > > disabling graphics drivers and modesetting. I have been able to reproduce > > it while using Nouveau, so I don't believe it has to do with Nvidia's > > proprietary drivers. > > > > Examining dmesg and journalctl, there doesn't appear to be ANY logs from > > the failed boots. I don't believe the kernel even is started on these > > failed boots. Enabling GRUB debug messages > > (linux,loader,init,fs,device,disk,partition) shows that the hang occurs > > after GRUB attempts to start the loaded image- it's able to load the image > > into memory, but the boot stalls after "Starting image" with a hex address > > (presumably the start addr of the kernel). > > > > I've been trying to compile the kernel myself to see if I can solve the > > issue, or at least aid in reproduceability, but this is not easy or fast to > > do on a 2012 i5 processor. I'll update if I can successfully recompile the > > kernel and if it yields any information. > > > > Please let me know if I should provide any additional information. This is > > my first time filing a bug here. > > See Bugzilla for the full thread and attached grub output. > > Anyway, I'm adding this regression to regzbot: > > #regzbot introduced: v6.5..v6.6 > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218173 > #regzbot title: initramfs loading hang on nouveau system (Dell Latitude E6420) >
Another reporter on Bugzilla had bisected the regression, so: #regzbot introduced: a1b87d54f4e45f Thanks. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
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