XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: carnil@debian.org 
  
 Hi 
  
 On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 11:57:39AM +0300, kuu wrote: 
 > Package: linux-image-amd64 
 > Version: 6.16.3-1 
 > Severity: important 
 > Tags: upstream 
 > X-Debbugs-Cc: kuu@qcm.org 
 > 
 > Dear Maintainer, 
 > 
 > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate 
 *** 
 > 
 >    * What led up to the situation? 
 > The user is having system freezes with their AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU on 
 a 
 > Debian trixie system. The problem manifests as a full system freeze, 
 typically 
 > after a few hours or days of uptime. The freeze is preceded by specific 
 errors 
 > at boot time. 
 > 
 >    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or 
 >      ineffective)? 
 > 
 > Ineffective actions: 
 > 
 >     Using the default Debian trixie kernel (6.12 series). This resulted in 
 a 
 > system freeze. 
 > 
 >     Upgrading to the latest official unstable (sid) kernel (6.16.3+1) and 
 the 
 > latest firmware-amd-graphics package. This also resulted in a system 
 freeze. 
 > 
 >     Adding the kernel parameters amdgpu.powerplay=0 and amdgpu.noretry=0 
 did 
 > not resolve the issue. 
 > 
 > Effective action: 
 > 
 >     Installing and using the Liquorix kernel (6.16.3-1-liquorix-amd64). 
 This 
 > kernel works perfectly and has not resulted in any system freezes. 
 > 
 > 
 >    * What was the outcome of this action? 
 > 
 > When using the official Debian kernels (6.12 or 6.16), the following errors 
 > appear at boot: 
 > 
 >     REG_WAIT timeout 
 > 
 >     hub6-0:1.0: config failed, hub doesn't have any ports 
 > 
 > These boot errors serve as a direct precursor to the system freeze that 
 occurs 
 > later. 
 > When using the Liquorix kernel (6.16.3-1-liquorix-amd64), these boot errors 
 do 
 > not appear, and the system remains stable indefinitely. 
 > 
 > 
 >    * What outcome did you expect instead? 
 > 
 > The user expected the official Debian 6.16 kernel, paired with the latest 
 > firmware, to work as reliably as the Liquorix kernel of the same version, 
 and 
 > for the boot errors and subsequent freezes to be gone. The expectation was 
 that 
 > the bug would be fixed in a newer kernel version, which was not the case 
 with 
 > the official build. 
  
 A side note: liquorix seems to have a quite patched kernel (with a 
 single big patch?) I think the best you can do here is to ask the 
 liquorix developers to forward their fixes so they land in upstream. 
  
 Regards, 
 Salvatore 
  
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