[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-19 Thread Maciej Puzio
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

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]
  udevd[699]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.12.0:bd07/26/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR510:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rm00HDP0:rvr002:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:'
 [708]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing 

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-18 Thread Maciej Puzio
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

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-18 Thread Maciej Puzio
** Tags removed: kernel-fixed-upstream-3.16
** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream-3.16-rc1

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]
  udevd[699]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.12.0:bd07/26/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR510:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rm00HDP0:rvr002:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:'
 [708]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k71,72,73,74,77,80,82,83,85,86,87,88,89,8A,8B,8C,8E,8F,90,96,98,9B,9C,9E,9F,A1,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,AB,AC,AD,AE,B1,B2,B5,CE,CF,D0,D1,D2,D4,D8,D9,DB,E4,EA,EB,F1,100,161,162,166,16A,16E,172,174,176,178,179,17A,17B,17C,17D,17F,180,182,182,185,188,189,18C,18D,18E,18F,190,191,192,193,195,198,199,19A,1A9,1A1,1A2,1A3,1A4,1A5,1A6,1A7,1A8,1A9,1AA,1AB,1AC,1AD,1AE,1B0,1B1,1B7,1BA,r6,a20,m4,lsfw'
 [1678]

  After pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete, the above messages continue to 

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-18 Thread Maciej Puzio
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Status: Incomplete = Confirmed

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]
  udevd[699]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.12.0:bd07/26/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR510:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rm00HDP0:rvr002:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:'
 [708]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k71,72,73,74,77,80,82,83,85,86,87,88,89,8A,8B,8C,8E,8F,90,96,98,9B,9C,9E,9F,A1,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,AB,AC,AD,AE,B1,B2,B5,CE,CF,D0,D1,D2,D4,D8,D9,DB,E4,EA,EB,F1,100,161,162,166,16A,16E,172,174,176,178,179,17A,17B,17C,17D,17F,180,182,182,185,188,189,18C,18D,18E,18F,190,191,192,193,195,198,199,19A,1A9,1A1,1A2,1A3,1A4,1A5,1A6,1A7,1A8,1A9,1AA,1AB,1AC,1AD,1AE,1B0,1B1,1B7,1BA,r6,a20,m4,lsfw'
 [1678]

  After pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete, the above messages continue to appear
  for a few 

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-18 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
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

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]
  udevd[699]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.12.0:bd07/26/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR510:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rm00HDP0:rvr002:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:'
 [708]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-16 Thread Maciej Puzio
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.

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]
  udevd[699]: 

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-15 Thread Bard Hemmer
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.

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]
  udevd[699]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.12.0:bd07/26/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR510:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rm00HDP0:rvr002:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:'
 [708]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-15 Thread Bard Hemmer
I observed the udevd loop with only one Western Digital My Passport 0748
2TB USB 3.0 disk connected.

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]
  udevd[699]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.12.0:bd07/26/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR510:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rm00HDP0:rvr002:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:'
 [708]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k71,72,73,74,77,80,82,83,85,86,87,88,89,8A,8B,8C,8E,8F,90,96,98,9B,9C,9E,9F,A1,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,AB,AC,AD,AE,B1,B2,B5,CE,CF,D0,D1,D2,D4,D8,D9,DB,E4,EA,EB,F1,100,161,162,166,16A,16E,172,174,176,178,179,17A,17B,17C,17D,17F,180,182,182,185,188,189,18C,18D,18E,18F,190,191,192,193,195,198,199,19A,1A9,1A1,1A2,1A3,1A4,1A5,1A6,1A7,1A8,1A9,1AA,1AB,1AC,1AD,1AE,1B0,1B1,1B7,1BA,r6,a20,m4,lsfw'
 [1678]

  After pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete, the above messages 

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1328984] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with USB3 controller card

2014-06-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
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

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Title:
  [Dell PowerEdge R510] Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 fails to boot with
  USB3 controller card

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A routine system update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to kernel 3.2.0-64
  resulted in unbootable system on two machines. Further testing
  revealed that kernel fails while initializing HighPoint RocketU 1144C
  USB 3.0 controller. This is a PCIe x4 add-in card that contains four
  USB 3.0 ports, each equipped with its own controller. The card did and
  does work without any problems with kernel 3.2.0-63 and earlier. Prior
  to installing kernel 3.2.0-64 there were neither hardware nor software
  problems with either of the machines.

  Steps to reproduce:
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  sync
  reboot
  Result: system fails to boot.

  The workaround is to revert to kernel 3.2.0-63 or to remove the
  RocketU card.

  Hardware description (same on both machines):
  Dell PowerEdge R510
  PERC6/i RAID controller
  64GB RAM DDR3 ECC registered
  Dual CPU: Intel Xeon X5660 2.80GHz
  HighPoint RocketU 1144C 4-Port USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x4 HBA

  Operating system (identical on both machines):
  Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-64-generic x86_64

  Drives:
  sda - logical drive on PERC6/i, OS
  sdb - logical drive on PERC6/i, data
  sdc - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sdd - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card
  sde - Areca 5040 external RAID connected by USB3 to RocketU card

  Symptoms:
  System boots normally until initialization of Areca drives connected to the 
RocketU card. The following messages are displayed on screen when booting 
without quiet and with debug options. These are last messages of a typical 
part of the boot sequence. Following it is a ~2 minute lag when no messages are 
displayed.

  [Please note that no trace of the boot progress gets recorded in
  system logs, and messages on screen scroll very fast. I had to record
  the boot progress with a high framerate camera, and even so some
  messages scrolled too fast and were not recorded. The following is a
  manual transcript of fragments of these videos; please forgive
  inevitable typos.]

  [5.621523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca5  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.622896] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
  [5.623230] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.623668] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [5.741152] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca3  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [5.744003] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
  [5.744545] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [5.744980] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 41015622144 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 
TB/19.0 TiB)
  [6.004526] scsi76:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca Areca7  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
  [6.006121] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  [6.006488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
  [6.006834] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 35156217552 512-byte logical blocks: (17.9 
TB/16.3 TiB)
  [7.133091] Adding 46874620k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority: -1 extents:1 across 
46874620k

  After a two minute delay, the following messages appear in an infinite
  loop.  Please note that these messages appear in a somewhat random
  sequence, and not all messages appear on every boot. The only thing
  that works at this point is Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

  udevd[632]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:ACPI000D:PMP0C01:' [774]
  udevd[703]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PMP0C014:' [776]
  udevd[529]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0003v0557p2261e0110-e0,1,2,3,4,k110,111,112,r8,a0,1,m4,lsfw' [1642]
  udevd[630]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv serio:ty06pr00id00ex00' [655]
  udevd[508]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
pci:v80864342Esvsdbc00sc00i00' [512]
  udevd[494]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv 
input:b0019vp0001e-r0,1,k74,ramlsfw' [771]