linux-kernel - Re: [RFT PATCH 0/3] usb: misc: usb3503: Fix missing device when TFTP booting

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Date:	Sun, 1 May 2016 18:42:52 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
To:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
Cc:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux.amoon@...il.com, tjakobi@...h.uni-bielefeld.de,
	m.szyprowski@...sung.com,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH 0/3] usb: misc: usb3503: Fix missing device when TFTP
 booting

On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 06:01:08PM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > Sorry, I meant the hanging issue I got in 4.6, not the ethernet issue.
> > I get the same problem with linux-next. Can you mail me the .config you are using?
> 
> Never mind.
> 
> > After some more testing I don't think it is hanging, instead it seems that the mmc
> > isn't enabled/found and so it just sits waiting for the root partition to appear.
> 
> That was fun. There are two problems that both caused the boot to end at the same
> place: first of all the root partition is now called mmcblk1p1 instead of mmcblk0p1
> in 4.6, so it was just waiting for the root partition to appear. Nothing to do with
> your patch series, just unexpected.

Yes, annoying issue and unfortunately this is known... recommended
solution is to use root=PARTUUID=xxxx (you can get the PARTUUID with
blkid)... or replace the mmc device.

> The second is that enabling CONFIG_VIDEO_S5P_FIMC causes the boot to hang at that
> same place. I suspect there is a deadlock somewhere. I'm digging deeper into that
> but again, unrelated to your patch series.
> 
> Anyway, after disabling that config option I was finally able to test your patch
> series:
> 
> Tested-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>

Thanks!

Best regards,
Krzysztof