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

[Alan Stern]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017, 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)

All I can suggest is git bisect.  :-(  But I agree that the problem is 
unlikely to be in the USB layer.

Alan Stern