On the face of it, I cannot see how this particular commit could in any way cause that other bug to arise. All it does is to allow the i915 driver to load a particular firmware file, and that too only if it's explicitly specified on the kernel command line.
I think bug 1777242 needs to be investigated further, to find the exact conditions under which it can be reliably replicated. The comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1777242/comments/8 (regarding an error with the qkl.ko module for QEMU), seems worth looking into. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728238 Title: update-initramfs not adding i915 GuC firmware for Kaby Lake, firmware fails to load To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/1728238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
