Johnny Billquist said:
>
> I suspect that /boot, or /usr/mdec/xxboot has broken the last few weeks.
> Get an older version and try. (1.6 release perhaps).
>
> I get the same effect on my 8650 with a current build.
>

Thanks for the tip!

In a true scientific manner, I changed both /boot and xxboot to 1.6-versions
and now everything works just fine. I'll try and see which one is to blame,
/boot or xxboot and maybe file a PR (unless somebody beats me to it).

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jht