Bug 987358

Created attachment 682820 [details]
hwinfo

some more infos: I am using a crypt-lvm setup on skylake.
Zaitor mentioned that he already updated two intel machines without issue. He did not use crypt-lvm setup on both.

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (987358) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/405914 Factory / ucode-intel

Well.. unless it is a problem in the kernel side that loads the microcrode..or a problem in dracut that creates a microcode blob that makes the kernel choke..there is nothing we can do about it other than reverting it. it is closed source..

BTW.. I updated skylake box with CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
With no problem whatsoever.. what CPU on which motherboard breaks ? Is the BIOS of the machine up2date as well ?

I bought a Tuxedo InfinityBook v2 in April this year. Thus, I would think the BIOS is up-to-date. I do not know how to check this.
Did anybody try to update it on an crypt-lvm setup machine?
And will add the dracut output from the update here.

Created attachment 682889 [details]
dracut output

(In reply to Robby Engelmann from comment #6)
> I bought a Tuxedo InfinityBook v2 in April this year. Thus, I would think
> the BIOS is up-to-date. I do not know how to check this.
> Did anybody try to update it on an crypt-lvm setup machine?
> And will add the dracut output from the update here.


Tuxedo should supply firmware updates.. 

crypt-lvm is not involved in your issue..your system fails to load the initrd in the first place..

Is there a way to figure out what goes wrong here? As far as I know I am the only one hit by this bug.
I would expect that the bios is up to date on a newly bought notebook.

the BIOS is quite fresh:
BIOS Information
	Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
	Version: 5.11
	Release Date: 04/08/2016

Created attachment 682937 [details]
dmidecode

Hi Michal.. do you know how to debug a hang during the initrd loading or the early microcode stuff ?

(In reply to Cristian Rodríguez from comment #12)
> Hi Michal.. do you know how to debug a hang during the initrd loading or the
> early microcode stuff ?

Try to pass dis_ucode_ldr boot option.  This will disable the early microcode loading.

If this helps, it implies that the ucode is the culprit.  You can try to downgrade the ucode-intel package.

Try booting with ignore_loglevel on the kernel command line.

(In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #13)
> (In reply to Cristian Rodríguez from comment #12)
> > Hi Michal.. do you know how to debug a hang during the initrd loading or the
> > early microcode stuff ?
> 
> Try to pass dis_ucode_ldr boot option.  This will disable the early
> microcode loading.
> 
> If this helps, it implies that the ucode is the culprit.  You can try to
> downgrade the ucode-intel package.

I updated to the snapshot containing the updated ucode-intel package --> boot hang
I updated to the snapshot containing the updated ucode-intel package but this time updated all packages except for ucode-intel --> no boot hang

--> thus, it should be clear that the ucode package was the culprit.

There is a new version: 20160714
which should fix the issue.

I pushed it into Base:System and submitted it against openSUSE:Factory.
Please give it a try.

I already close this one fixed, please re-open if you see issues.

two questions:

1. I only need to pick the rpm and install it via rpm -i ?

2. how can I recover the system, if it still does not work (without reinstalling my whole system)

then I will give it a try....

(In reply to Robby Engelmann from comment #17)
> two questions:
> 
> 1. I only need to pick the rpm and install it via rpm -i ?

Usually yes.  In doubt, rebuild initrd manually (e.g. call mkinitrd).

> 2. how can I recover the system, if it still does not work (without
> reinstalling my whole system)

You can skip ucode loading by passing dis_ucode_ldr boot option, as mentioned in comment 13.

> then I will give it a try....

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (987358) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/412561 Factory / ucode-intel

works!

[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x9e, date = 2016-06-22

openSUSE-RU-2016:2235-1: An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

Category: recommended (moderate)
Bug References: 958562,987358
CVE References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.1 (src):    ucode-intel-20160714-5.1