Kernel 6.5 freezes on boot on Pi 3

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, linux

Research direction

Start by reproducing the freeze using the listed Pi OS image and kernel 6.5.0-rc5 or rc6 on a Pi 3B/3B+, then compare the boot log with a Pi 4B. The issue is done when the affected Pi 3 models boot past the running init message without stalling.

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Description

Describe the bug

When booting the 6.5 kernel on a Pi 3B or 3B+, the system freezes after the log message running init appears, then a message appears that the system has stalled. This does not happen on the Pi 4B. Kernel 6.5.0-rc5 and 6.5.0-rc6 were tested.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour
  • Install latest version of Pi OS 64-bit
  • Compile and install kernel
  • Boot up and screen freezes
Device (s)

Raspberry Pi 3 Mod. B, Raspberry Pi 3 Mod. B+

System
Raspberry Pi reference 2023-05-03
Generated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, 7c750947a959fb626a70c09fd17c65815df192ac, stage4

Mar 17 2023 10:52:42 
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 82f3750a65fadae9a38077e3c2e217ad158c8d54 (clean) (release) (start)
Logs

BE977BC6-D5E9-4B8B-9131-A84B6E068852

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