Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop
Date	2016-01-13 13:00 +0100
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Control: found -1 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u1
Control: found -1 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3

On Wed, 2016-01-13 at 22:35 +1100, Shaddy Baddah wrote:
[...]
> OK, problem is not due to the update. I tried both 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u1
> and 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3 and they both have the same issue.
> 
> I don't remember this happening previously, so maybe the hardware itself
> has gone bad :-( or my memory has... either way, I can accept the bug
> being closed. As the premise is that the upgrade caused it.

We can keep this open until we're sure it's a hardware fault.  I've
just added your results so we know it's not a recent regression.

If you use the firmware_ohci.debug parameter that allowed the kernel to
finish booting, does the Firewire port work properly?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Unix is many things to many people,
but it's never been everything to anybody.

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Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop Shaddy Baddah <beryllium-bugs@shaddybaddah.name> - 2016-01-12 04:10 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now  mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-01-12 14:10 +0100
  Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-01-12 14:10 +0100
    Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop Shaddy Baddah <beryllium-bugs@shaddybaddah.name> - 2016-01-13 00:40 +0100
      Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop Shaddy Baddah <beryllium-bugs@shaddybaddah.name> - 2016-01-13 12:40 +0100
        Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-01-13 13:00 +0100
          Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop Shaddy Baddah <beryllium-bugs@shaddybaddah.name> - 2016-01-15 00:50 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#810769: linux-image-3.16.0-4-586: boot now  mostly either hangs or repeats, firewire_ohci on older laptop owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-01-13 13:00 +0100

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