Update : Still working this ... it is taking longer than I had hoped. I feel like a dummy but I am having issues building the older kernels from git.
The 4.4.13 and the 4.7rc6 built and ran, no problem but during the bisect building the 3.13.0-24.47 to 3.15.0-1.3 kernels have been an issue. Using an Ubuntu 16.04 base OS, the kernel Makefile needed to be changed, setting CC=gcc-4.8, or it would not compile, complaining about gcc5 header files missing. after changing the makefile, it then built ok but when the .deb kernel- image packages are installed and the system rebooted the OS dies immediately after grub loading initramfs, with a message from the vm manager saying the host os has disabled the cpu. I then tried rebuilding on an older (slower!) 14.04 machine and that worked, built and ran fine if i scp'd .deb's over to the VM and tested. Now the bisect has brought me to 3.15 and the debian/rules folder has been deleted, which is what I was using here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel I am now looking at this : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild which doesn't require the debian/ folder. Any suggestions?, I am going about this the correct way? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591521 Title: Kernel Does not recognize some USB 3.0 hard drives Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Running Ubuntu 16,04 in VMware Fusion on an Apple Mac Book Pro, when connecting a USB 3.0 external drive it does not mount. It seems to choke at the kernel level. dmesg shows incomplete loading, and never gets a device assigned. This works correctly in Ubuntu 14.04 on a VM and vanilla kernel 4.4.13. Confirmed bug on different HW with kernel 4.4.10 imac arch linux bare metal ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-24-generic 4.4.0-24.43 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: john 1836 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Jun 11 07:31:18 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=814c9f61-7a4e-43bf-8a22-32628d812842 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-20 (691 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2) IwConfig: ens33 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-24-generic root=UUID=7828d00a-d744-4ecf-a5f4-9f6fe0006ff6 ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157 RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-19 (22 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/02/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: None dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd07/02/2015:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform dmi.product.version: None dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1591521/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
