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vtrac

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Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 42

Anyone get a 4.9 kernel to boot?

I'm running LUKS encryption, so my boot config looks something like this:

title Arch Linux Intel DRM Nightly
linux /vmlinuz-linux-drm-intel-nightly
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux-drm-intel-nightly.img
options rd.luks.uuid=8b6f7696-53e9-405e-aab6-11d58279e278 rd.luks.options=discard rd.lvm.lv=lvm/root rd.lvm.lv=lvm/swap resume=UUID=1134ceaa-868d-467a-ae77-ce50cea4ee0c root=UUID=74e33803-e02a-4bef-846e-90877bd51dce rw net.ifnames=0

When I build the intel linux-drm nightlies, like I've always done, it builds just fine and runs the mkinitcpio just like it always has. However, when I boot, I get a:

[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.

I never get to the passphrase prompt. Anyone else seeing this?

qinohe

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2012-06-20

Posts: 1,494

Re: Anyone get a 4.9 kernel to boot?

Yes, my 4.9 is booting just fine.
What say your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
&
lsmod|grep 'lvm\|encrypt'

vtrac

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Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 42

Re: Anyone get a 4.9 kernel to boot?

Yes, my 4.9 is booting just fine.
What say your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
&
lsmod|grep 'lvm\|encrypt'

My /etc/mkinitcipio.conf hasn't changed (and I was able to build drm-intel testing, before it merged 4.9, just fine):

MODULES="i915 intel_agp nvme i8042"
BINARIES=""
FILES="/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf"
HOOKS="systemd autodetect modconf block sd-encrypt sd-lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck"

I don't have any lvm or encrypt modules loaded on 4.8.x, which works fine:

$ uname -a
Linux callisto 4.8.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 22 18:26:57 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsmod|grep 'lvm\|encrypt'

qinohe

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2012-06-20

Posts: 1,494

Re: Anyone get a 4.9 kernel to boot?

You do have them, 'sd-encrypt & sd-lvm2' which should do the job.
I'm not running drm-intel testing, I run mainline, but, that don't change the fact that there are some modules needed by your system that aren't there.
Which one you need, I don't know of course, but you can check by running your previous kernel.

direx

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Registered: 2016-05-19

Posts: 3

Re: Anyone get a 4.9 kernel to boot?

I am in the same boat. You need to disable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS temporarily, until the issues mentioned here have been sorted out:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kerne … 04d2e2a64a

Last edited by direx (2016-10-25 16:44:38)

qinohe

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2012-06-20

Posts: 1,494

Re: Anyone get a 4.9 kernel to boot?

Didn't think about that, I had to use that config too.