linux-libre armhf SBC eternal Starting kernel message

Alexis PM miscelaneanatural at yahoo.es
Wed Jul 29 17:41:35 UTC 2026


Hello

> Trying to make Debian images (12, 13 and testing) for different armhf SBCs using u-boot-sunxi, the different versions of the official Debian linux-image-armmp boot (perfectly in the case of linux-image-armmp 6.1, while linux-image-armmp 6.12 and linux-image-armmp 7.1 fail mid-boot with a error "UUID=... does not exist"  although the UUID exists [*]). But trying with linux-libre-6.1, linux-libre-6.6, linux-libre-6.12 and linux-libre-7.1 all stay right after U-Boot, booting the kernel with an eternal "Starting kernel..." message (nothing happens after waiting an hour). (linux-libre-6.1 doesn't have sunxi dtb, so I copied them from 6.6 to test.)

The error occurs with all kernels I have tried:

PicaLibre 6.18.40-gnu.nonlpae
PicaLibre 6.12.98-gnu.nonlpae
PicaLibre 6.12.98-gnu
PicaLibre 6.6.145-gnu.nonlpae
PicaLibre 6.6.145-gnu
PicaLibre 6.1.178-gnu


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