Re: v4.10-rc8 (-rc6) boot regression on Intel desktop, does not boot after cold boots, boots after reboot

[Pavel Machek]

On Tue 2017-02-14 18:59:56, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > > > Hmm. I moved keyboard between USB ports, and now 4.10-rc6 no longer
> > > > > boots. v4.6 works ok. Let me try with keyboard unplugged... no, I
> > > > > could not get it to work. I believe v4.9 and some v4.10-rc's worked,
> > > > > but I'll have to double check.
> > > > 
> > > > But all the kernel versions worked when the keyboard was plugged into
> > > > its original USB port?
> > > 
> > > Aha. So it looks difference is probably in "where is keyboard plugged
> > > in" but in "reboot" vs. "cold boot". I did not do a cold boot in quite
> > > a while :-(.
> > > 
> > > Booting to grub, then hitting ctrl-alt-del is enough to make it work. Ouch.
> > > 
> > > It happens with current Linus' tree.
> > 
> > v4.10-rc6-feb3 : broken
> > v4.9 : ok
> > (v4.6 : ok)
> 
> Hmm. It hangs during PCI fixups, and it hangs in v4.10-rc8, too.   
> 
> With debug patch below, I get
> 
> ...1d.7: PCI fixup... pass 2
> ...1d.7: PCI fixup... pass 3
> ...1d.7: PCI fixup... pass 3 done
> 
> ...followed by hang. So yes, it looks USB related.
> 
> (Sometimes it hangs with some kind backtrace involving secondary CPU
> startup, unfortunately useful info is off screen at that point).

Forgot to say, 1d.7 is EHCI controller.

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI
Controller (rev 01)

									Pavel
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