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

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Message-ID: <CAANLjFo0Vedy88STghf2BNSz0W7a87QEjcPSAOexTRWJMafUmA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:14:57 -0700
From:   Robert LeBlanc <robert@...lancnet.us>
To:     Philip Müller <philm@...jaro.org>
Cc:     "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        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

Phil,

I don't have those files. I'll patch and test.

Thanks,
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Robert LeBlanc
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Philip Müller <philm@...jaro.org> wrote:
> 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
>>
>