Follow-up to this note:

At one of the times the current kernel didn't crash, but booted on my I installed and yes: no more strange error messages running it. The only time I remember that I updated a linux kernel to make an application work.

Preparations to get the production system running with the newer kernel:

  • in case of problems I'd need to know my way back to boot the old kernel: u-boot recap and learning
  • test suspected problems with the ctrl beforehand (get a second Pine64 sata ctrl for the test system)

Meanwhile Dragan had patched the device tree and asked to check on a few reboots whether this would make a difference or cause any regressions.

Further down the the tunnel forks…