(In reply to JerryD from comment #35) > Well, I just ran Fedora updates which brought kernel to 5.0.7-200.fc29 and > there was also an update to mesa-dri-drivers.x86_64 18.3.6-1.fc29. My laptop > failed to boot with or without the raven_dmcu.bin file after this update. > > I then also noted that the 5.06 kernel will boot with or without the > raven_dmcu.bin file. I am leaving that firmware file in place and using > 5.06 kernel at the moment. > > I suspect we have a "whack-a-mole" bug, also affectionately known as a > Heisenbug. Or at least more than one problem overlapping another. Hard to > say whether the problem is in the kernel or somewhere else. For sure, I can > not boot the 5.07. I also updated my system to kernel 5.0.7-200.fc29 and mesa-dri-drivers.x86_64 version 18.3.6-1.fc29, and here are the results for me: original initramfs image with raven_dmcu.bin file: Unable to boot, same issue as before. updated initramfs image without raven_dmcu.bin file: able to boot fine. It's unfortunate that the issue is so hard to reproduce.