Linux 6.6.39 fails to mount /boot and setting up virtual console, freezing on startup

IncredibleLaser commented 1 month ago

Describe the bug

When trying to boot the system using Linux 6.6.39 (current unstable), the message on screen states "Mounting /boot..." and "Setting up Virtual Console...", eventually freezing after a couple of seconds. The system must be hard reset.

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Update to Linux 6.6.39
Boot into new system

Expected behavior

A working boot that presents me with a login screen

Additional context

The problem is neither exhibited using Linux 6.6.37 (previous LTS in unstable) in nor with 6.9.9 (current -latest). My /boot is a FAT32 formatted partition marked as EFI BOOT.

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laser@powerbox ~> nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.9.9, NixOS, 24.11 (Vicuna), 24.11.20240712.7e7c39e`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.18.5`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/qmh8bas1qni03drm0lnjas2azh7h87cn-source`

However, please note that this is with the working kernel as the command cannot be run when the bug is encountered.

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alyssais commented 1 month ago

There's not really much that the Nixpkgs kernel maintainers can do about this sort of thing, as our kernels are basically unmodified from upstream. If you want to make progress on this, you should bisect the kernel and take it upstream.

alyssais commented 1 month ago

6.6.40 is out, and it sounds like it fixes an issue that could be this, so maybe try that?

alyssais commented 1 month ago

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219039

IncredibleLaser commented 1 month ago

Thanks for looking into it, unfortunately I can't test until Friday as I'm traveling. I'll try as soon as I can and close the issue if it's fixed!

IncredibleLaser commented 1 month ago

Fixed in 6.6.40

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