Kernel stuck at Starting kernel message on mvebu since Kernel 5.17

Russell King (Oracle) linux at armlinux.org.uk
Wed Apr 6 01:16:03 PDT 2022


Hi,

On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 01:19:35AM +0200, Benjamin Marty wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Since Kernel 5.17, more precisely commit
> 251cc826be7dec61e574b291b371362c10dd84ea, the Linux Kernel seems to be
> unable to Boot on the mvebu arm platform. After booting it via U-Boot
> it is stuck at the Message `Starting kernel`. Reverting the mentioned
> commit fixes this, and the Kernel boots again fine.
> 
> Any idea if I can try something else?

First, go back to a kernel tree before the above mentioned commit and
make clean to remove the copied files.

Then, move forward to the kernel you want to test, and apply 9189/1
(see patch system below), and try rebuilding.

Thanks.

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