OpenChrome DRM was working fine (i.e., able to normally boot Xubuntu 16.04) until DRM maintainer's version of Linux 4.18 rc4. When I upgraded to Linux 4.18 rc7, it stopped working. I also upgraded to Linux 4.19 rc1, but it crashes for a similar reason. It appears that there is a NULL pointer reference when probing for I2C bus. The bug was observed on HP 2133 mini-note and VIA Embedded EPIA-M830 mainboard.
Created attachment 278351 [details] kern.log for VIA Embedded EPIA-M830 mainboard