Package: linux-image-4.9.0-8-686-pae Version: 4.9.144-3 Severity: normal We have a VIA CN700-8237R board (with a Centaur C7 CPU). The kernel says DMI: /CN700-8237R, BIOS 6.00 PG 11/25/2009
This used to boot successfully with 4.9.130-2, but consistently fails with 4.9.144-3. It also boots successfully with 4.19.16-1~bpo9+1, so I have a workaround (at least for the time being). With 4.9.144-3, the boot usually hangs after printing the message console [tty0] enabled Sometimes I see one more line on the console: tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT There seems to be a difference in behaviour between cold and warm boots, with cold boots proceeding further (but still hanging eventually). Also, booting in single user mode sometimes succeeds. This makes me think that the hardware is not being (re)initialised correctly. I only have this one VIA C7 board, so I cannot rule out a hardware defect. I'm reporting this bug just in case someone has a use for the information, but since (a) 4.19.16-1~bpo9+1 works, and (b) it's time for us to replace this hardware anyway, I don't particularly need a fix.