Bug#903934: regression: 3.16.57-2 fails to boot libvirt guests on Xeon E3-1225

To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, 903934@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#903934: regression: 3.16.57-2 fails to boot libvirt guests on Xeon E3-1225
From: François Guerraz <kubrick@fgv6.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:33:52 +0100
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On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 01:00 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Do you have the current intel-microcode installed on the VM host? 
> (This shouldn't happen in either case, but it may help to track down
> the bug.   I originally tested on a desktop Sandy Bridge system with
> the updated microcode installed.)
> 
> Ben.

I thought the same, and it fails with both microcode revisions 0x12 and
0x1f (2018-02-07) which is the latest even in the latest 2018-07-03
release from intel.

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- Bug#903934: regression: 3.16.57-2 fails to boot libvirt guests on Xeon E3-1225
  - From: François Guerraz <kubrick@fgv6.net>
- Bug#903934: regression: 3.16.57-2 fails to boot libvirt guests on Xeon E3-1225
  - From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

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