linux-kernel - Re: X86 4.8 kernel boot questions

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Date:   Tue, 4 Apr 2017 20:04:40 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:     info@...tributedsystemscorp.com, x86@...nel.org,
        h.peter.anvin@...el.com, ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
        vikas.shivappa@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: X86 4.8 kernel boot questions

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 10:54:06AM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 10:25:46AM -0700, Tracy Smith, CEO wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > The production board I'm using doesn't have a JTAG available,
> > upgrading to 4.8 from 4.1,.and need to understand why Linux 4.8.3
> > doesn't boot on a x86_64 corei7-64. Boots with no issues with 4.1.

4.8 is not maintained anymore, so not much I can do here, but git bisect
is going to be your friend, good luck!

greg k-h