[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
tl;dr: This bug report is a duplicate of bug 1330530. I am going to focus my efforts on bug 1330530, and I do not intend to do any work on this bug report until bug 1330530 is resolved. This is because doing the same work twice is not a good use of time and effort of anybody involved. Please do not change the status to incomplete, and do not request same steps or actions as for bug 1330530. Instead, please mark this bug as a duplicate of 1330530. This will focus everybody's attention on the problem and minimize confusion. Thank you. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
I have tested kernels 3.16.0-031600rc1-generic and 3.2.60-030260-generic. On the former, the problem does not appear, on the latter, the bug is replicated with similar symptoms as on 3.2.0-64. I used a flash drive with a vanilla Ubuntu 12.04 desktop install for all tests. To summarize kernels tested so far: Good kernels: 3.2.0-63, 3.16.0-031600rc1 Bad kernels: 3.2.0-64, 3.2.60-030260 I also tested this issue on three additional machines, and the results were the same. So I have now five different hardware configurations (including one from bug 1330530) that are affected by this problem and show very similar symptoms. In fact, I was not able to find a computer that would not replicate this regression. If we also take into account Bard Hemmer's hardware, we can reasonably conclude that the issue is not related to motherboard/chipset/CPU/BIOS. It is however related to HighPoint RocketU 1144C add-in adapter that I used in all my tests. I would like to note that symptoms are similar on various hardware, but not identical. The errors are generally similar (xhci, udev, modprobe), but it appears that timing differences cause the issue to occur at different parts of the boot process, depending on the hardware. So far I have seen: 1. Dropping to initramfs shell in the middle of the boot (Gave up waiting for root device. ... ALERT! [boot drive] does not exist! Dropping to shell!) 2. An error loop preventing system to boot (as described in this report). In this case I am not sure whether this is an infinite loop, or if the system would boot after a long delay. 3. Boot is delayed by 18 minutes, during which time numerous errors are thrown. After 18 minutes, OS boots fine. 4. System boots to text console, rather than the graphical login screen. It is possible to log on to the console. Within seconds, xhci and/or udev errors start appearing in the syslog. After two minutes, screen goes blank, and the console seems unresponsive for another 16 minutes. Following that, the graphical login screen appears, and from this point system behaves fine. 5. As in 4, but after two minutes in the text console, incomplete graphical login screen appears. Password box is missing and the background is not fully loaded. After another 16 minutes, login screen loads missing parts, and system behaves OK. In this case it is possible to switch between text and graphical consoles during these 16 minutes, but the graphical console becomes a purple empty screen after the switch. It is also worth noting that symptoms are highly dependent on the external device(s) attached to RocketU's ports. Here is a summary: 1. No device connected to RocletU adapter - no problems during boot 2. USB3 flash drives (tested two models) - no problems during boot 3. Areca ARC-5040 enclosure - bug is triggered 4. WD MyPassport 2TB US 3.0 drive - bug is triggered 5. Transcend USB 3.0 SD card reader (TS-RDF5K) - bug is triggered with different symptoms: only a small delay (~15 seconds) and small number of xhci errors occur during boot, but the device does not work when OS is fully booted. All the above devices work fine with good kernels. Note that I tested three RocketU controllers and five Areca enclosures, to rule out the possibility of a hardware problem on these devices. With a variety of hardware reliably triggering the bug on bad kernels, while working fine with good kernels, I think it is fully substantiated to consider this regression as not hardware-dependent (apart from the RocketU controller). I am changing tags as Christopher requested in comment #13, but I would like to ask that this bug is marked as duplicate of bug 1330530. That would allow me to debug the issue on my test machines, which would be substantially easier than doing it on production servers. I would prefer not to touch these servers until the fix is released and verified on test computers. ** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream kernel-fixed-upstream-3.16 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
** Tags removed: kernel-fixed-upstream-3.16 ** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream-3.16-rc1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
Maciej Puzio, the next step is to fully reverse commit bisect the kernel in order to identify the offending commit. Could you please do this following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection#How_do_I_reverse_bisect_the_upstream_kernel.3F ? ** Tags removed: needs-bisect ** Tags added: needs-reverse-bisect ** Tags removed: 1.12.0 latest-bios- ** Tags added: latest-bios-1.12.0 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
I have created a new bug report describing this problem replicated on another hardware: bug 1330530 As that is a test machine entirely devoted to this issue, I will test the upstream kernel on it and post the results in bug 1330530. Regarding testing of the upstream kernel on PowerEdge machines, these are production servers, and I need to schedule a maintenance window in order to take one of them offline. I am required to give an advance notification to users, so this is not something that can be done on a very short notice, or very often (once per week is max I can do). For this reason, may I ask if there are any other conceivable tests that I could run? It would speed things up considerably if I could use the maintenance window to do as many tests as possible, rather than do one at a time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
I had the same issue on a server that has been running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS without a single problem for over two years. After upgrading to linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic on the system with a Supermicro X9SCM mainboard, two HighPoint RocketU 1144A USB 3.0 controllers and at least one USB 3.0 disk attached, I observed the same infinite udevd loop (although the message details were different). When I disconnected all USB 3.0 disks, the system booted. My workaround was to revert to the previously installed kernel, linux- image-3.2.0-61-generic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
I observed the udevd loop with only one Western Digital My Passport 0748 2TB USB 3.0 disk connected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card
Bard Hemmer, thank you for your comment. So your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into the default Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline one) via: ubuntu-bug linux For more on this, please read the official Ubuntu documentation: Ubuntu Bug Control and Ubuntu Bug Squad: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/BestPractices#X.2BAC8-Reporting.Focus_on_One_Issue Ubuntu Kernel Team: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies#Filing_Kernel_Bug_reports Ubuntu Community: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette When opening up the new report, please feel free to subscribe me to it. Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328984 Title: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1328984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs