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

[Nathanael Schweers <NSchweers@mailbox.org>]

Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> writes:

> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> 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?

With this option the kernel does indeed boot.  Thanks for the tip!

Regards,
Nathanael