Bug#995608: linux-image-5.14.0-1-amd64: Boot immediately hangs.

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

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Hi Nathanael,

On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 10:02:35AM +0200, Nathanael Schweers wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 5.14.6-3
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> using this kernel, my machine no longer boots.  Instead of showing a prompt to
> enter the LUKS passphrase (as is done in version linux-image-5.10.0-7-amd64) a
> non-blinking cursor is shown.  Nothing happens afterwards.
> 
> Version linux-image-5.10.0-7-amd64 still works, but newer versions
> (linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 and the version this report is for) produce the
> behaviour mentioned above.
> 
> I’m afraid that I don’t have a decent idea on what extra information to provide.

Could you please confirm that booting with the 'mem_encrypt=off'
kernel command line heps?

Regards,
Salvatore