Re: [REGRESSION] 2017 Pixelbook backlight control doesn’t work with 7.1 kernel

On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 12:38:02PM -0600, Papool Chaudhari wrote:
> I tested both parent commits of the merge
> b3793af3277f65d256d67f9949e760b434ff66dd on my 2017 i5 Pixelbook (Eve)
> as requested, and unfortunately, neither side is bootable:
> 
> Side A (51cc1c427461): Fails to boot. Completely hangs early at
> "Loading initial ram disk".
> 
> Side B (88919bedabb8): Fails to boot. Hangs at the exact same early
> "Loading initial ram disk" stage.

That sounds like a different issue than the backlight, right?

Why not disable the ramdisk entirely for doing kernel build testing like
this?  It's not normally required unless you have some encrypted
partitions/disks.

thanks,

greg k-h