linux-kernel - Re: [Regression?] Linux 5.19-rc5 gets stuck on boot, not rc4

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whfSg1FNFJXv9QfXXnWFO71YufsoTs9S8sYzonfwjm4XA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 11:59:03 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Tor Vic <torvic9@...lbox.org>,
        "Limonciello, Mario" <Mario.Limonciello@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Regression?] Linux 5.19-rc5 gets stuck on boot, not rc4

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 11:21 AM Thorsten Leemhuis
<regressions@...mhuis.info> wrote:
>
> Wild guess, I'm not involved at all in any of the following, I just
> noticed it and thought it might be worth mentioning:
>
> I heard Fedora rawhide added this patch to solve a boot problem that
> sounded similar to yours:
> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/489982/

Yes, this looks likely, and matches that "starts in 5.19-rc5" since
the offending commit came in as

  ee7a69aa38d8 ("fbdev: Disable sysfb device registration when
removing conflicting FBs")

so that does look like a likely cause.

              Linus