[Buildroot] Boot process stuck at "GRUB loading.." since 2021.02.1

[Walter, Stefan]

Hi,

> > Maybe try to 'bisect' the problem as you mentioned it worked before
> > 2021.02.1 (did you test 2021.02.0?), not much grub related patches in
> > between...
> 
> Buildroot 2021.02(.0) does boot, the following releases on the 2021.02.x
> branch don't. I just tested 2021.08 with the same configuration file, and it
> doesn't boot, either.
> 
> I haven't actually bisected, yet, but looking at the commit log, ...
> 
> >   e840f2d469 boot/grub2: Backport 2021/03/02 securify fixes
> 
> ...this looks like the most likely culprit, because it's the only commit to
> boot/grub2 I see that makes any changes to the GRUB sources between
> 2021.02 and 2021.02.1.

I can now confirm that this is the commit that introduced the problem. What baffles me is that you say you have a working configuration using GRUB and i386. Could you send it to me or try mine for comparison?

Best regards,
Stefan