Failed to boot ARM64 boards for recent linux-next

[Marc Zyngier]

Hi Jeffy,

On 21/03/18 12:04, JeffyChen wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On 03/21/2018 05:33 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> @Jeffy
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Could you help test Marc's latest patch on your RK3399 kevin/Gru or
>>>>>>>>>> whatever Chromebook?
>>>>>>>> tested on my chromebook kevin, it works with that patch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is very odd. It completely fails on mine, which is aannoying.
>>>>>> Do you have any special firmware? Or the stock firmware?
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> hmmm, my kevin's firmware is official:
>>>> localhost / # cat /var/log/bios_info.txt
>>>> version              | Google_Kevin.8785.241.0
>>>> ro bios version      | Google_Kevin.8785.241.0
>> (booting into ChromeOS) Definitely not what I have on mine:
>> 8785.220.0 as the runtime version, and 8785.94.7 as the RO one.
>>
>> This is a retail machine, bought in November. So what you have cannot be
>> the stock firmware.
>>
>> What changes related to the GIC have been applied to this FW?
> 
> 
> i tried to flash my firmware back to 8785.220.0, and still works...:
> localhost tmp # head -2 /var/log/bios_info.txt
> version              | Google_Kevin.8785.220.0
> ro bios version      | Google_Kevin.8785.220.0
Interesting. That patch was breaking my machine yesterday, and it
doesn't seem to break today. Still investigating.

	M.
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