linux-kernel - Re: BUG: 4.9-rc6 Still "no symbol version" on boot

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Message-ID: <98850889-29fd-a79f-348d-e047b2e12eec@manjaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:08:28 +0100
From:   Philip Müller <philm@...jaro.org>
To:     "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Adam Borowski <kilobyte@...band.pl>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: BUG: 4.9-rc6 Still "no symbol version" on boot

Hi Robert,

you have to apply following patch also:

provide-asm-prototypes.h-for-x86.patch:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9408985/raw/

@Adam, Nick: Was this patch not yet sent to Linus?

greez, Phil

Am 01.11.2016 um 14:46 schrieb Nicholas Piggin:
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:48:59 +0100
> Philip Müller <philm@...jaro.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Nicholas, hi Michal,
>>
>> due to following commit it seems the 64bit architecture of linux 4.9-rc
>> is not able to boot at all, as it is unable to find its root device:
>>
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84d69848c97faab0c25aa2667b273404d2e2a64a
>>
>> This got reported by several users:
>>
>> https://forum.manjaro.org/t/linux-4-9-rc2-does-not-boot/11434
>>
>> Even after applying that patch it seems still to be unbootable:
>>
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9406823/raw/
>>
>> It is claimed it would boot by disabling CONFIG_MODVERSIONS for now. I
>> still wonder why the 32bit version of the kernel boots without an issue.
>>
>> Any thoughts/plans on the matter from your end? We are happy to test
>> some patches if needed.
>>
>> kind regards, Philip
> 
> 
> Hi Philip,
> 
> Thanks for reporting. You likely need to apply the x86 specific
> patch as well as the above one.
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147669851906489&w=2
> 
> Thanks,
> Nick
>