Kernel 6.2.7 and 6.2.8 on fedora 37 can't boot on Thinkpad X220 with Soft Lock error

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hello, I’m facing problem with the kernel version 6.2.7 and 6.2.8 on Fedora 37, after the update, when I tried to boot via those kernel, I got stuck, soft lock error on kernel. I already tried to reinstall, and check the journalctl -b 1 and journalctl -b 2, but seems because it’s failed, and the kernel is facing soft locked, it can’t even reach the journalctl.

Is there anyway to check why this is happening? I really hope My Thinkpad X220 with i7-2640m kept working beyond 2030… If possible with fedora… and newest kernel.

Thank you

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same issue on Thinkpad T14 2gen (intel i7) ; I’m stuck with this version: 6.0.7-301.fc37.x86_64; so all my upgrades excludes any kernel package!

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I report it on bugzilla, but I can’t do anything as it can’t even boot

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182684

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I just get the solution, in short you can add intremap=off to the cmdline of the kernel and enable AHCI, it fix the issue, and I can boot. The culprit is i915 intel gpu kernel mod

More detail see 2182684 – Kernel Stable 6.2.7 and 6.2.8 Can't boot on X220 Thinkpad with Soft Lock
and see Fixing Booting Problem with Kernel 6.2.x on Fedora with Thinkpad X220 – Benyamin Limanto

Hope this help!

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In my case, it works installing the nvidia private driver, cause the noveau Driver not work correctly.