Re: [REGRESSION] v6.0.x fails to boot after updating from v5.19.x

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 02:51:43PM +0000, Dominic Jones wrote:
> Updating the machine's kernel from v5.19.x to v6.0.x causes the machine to not
> successfully boot. The machine boots successfully (and exhibits stable operation)
> with version v5.19.17 and multiple earlier releases in the 5.19 line. Multiple releases
> from the 6.0 line (including 6.0.0, 6.0.3, and 6.0.5), with no other changes to the
> software environment, do not boot. Instead, the machine hangs after loading services
> but before presenting a display manager; the machine instead shows repetitive hard
> drive activity at this point and then no apparent activity.
> 
> ''uname'' output for the machine successfully running v5.19.17 is:
> 
>     Linux [MACHINE_NAME] 5.19.17 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Oct 24 13:32:29 2022 i686 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> 
> The machine is an OCZ Neutrino netbook, running a custom OS build largely similar to
> LFS development. The kernel update uses ''make olddefconfig''.

Can you use 'git bisect' to find the offending change that causes this
to happen?

thanks,

greg k-h