Kernel 6.8 and Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H mainboard do not collaborate

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Ubuntu with kernel 5.15 runs fine. With kernel 6.8, the system does not boot up. USB peripherals do not work, keyboard LEDs are off. Further error messages in screenshots.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: linux-image-6.8.0-22-generic 6.8.0-22.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-101.111-generic 5.15.143
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-101-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: xxxxxxx 1799 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/controlC0: xxxxxxx 1799 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/seq: xxxxxxx 1797 F.... pipewire
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Apr 9 17:28:31 2024
HibernationDevice: RESUME=none
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 enp1s0 no wireless extensions.

 tun0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-101-generic root=UUID=1fb4c915-afb5-4195-90f9-1e21e105aa17 ro noplymouth
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.15.0-101-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.15.0-101-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 20240202.git36777504-0ubuntu1
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/09/2014
dmi.bios.release: 4.6
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F5
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: F2A88XM-D3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF5:bd01/09/2014:br4.6:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnF2A88XM-D3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:skuTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.apport: 2024-02-22T15:20:00

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Screenshots are from booting an EFI USB Stick made from https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/noble-desktop-amd64.iso 2024-04-09 04:12. Same error when booting in BIOS legacy mode from hard disk.

To make this bug report full-text searchable: The most relevant error messages read

usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
xhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: Error while assigning device slot ID: Command Aborted
usb usb9-port2: couldn't allocate usb_device
ata1: softreset failed (1st FIS failed)
ata2: softreset failed (1st FIS failed)
ata1: reset failed, giving up
ata2: reset failed, giving up

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Did some testing with other kernel versions:

6.2.0-39-generic gives the same failure on boot

5.19.0-50-generic (from jammy-updates) gives a similar failure on boot, but num lock LED is on (stale) and SysRQ keys do work

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Further testing ... ArchLinux 2024.04.01 ISO (Kernel 6.8.2) does boot up successfully on the same hardware environment.

dmesg output enclosed.

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Further testing ... Ubuntu mainline kernel 6.8.6 from <https://kernel.ubuntu.com/mainline/v6.8.6/amd64/> does boot up successfully, too.

dmesg output enclosed.