[ltp] 2.26.25 kernel - slow boot.

[fire-eyes]

paul marwick wrote:
> I've just upgraded my T42 Zenwalk installation to a 2.26.25 kernel. 
> Seems to be working well, but I'm getting quite a long pause during 
> boot. It comes just after this message appears:
> 
> Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle.
> I had similar pauses during boot when I first switched to a 2.24.2 
> kernel, but got round them by adding 'acpi_osi="Linux" and 
> clocksource=acpi_pm to the Grub command. I've still got both of those in 
> place, but it no longer seems to help. I also tried adding 'notsc' to 
> Grub, that that seems to have made no difference at all.
> 
> Are there any other options I can use to try and get round the pause 
> during boot? Its a bit of a pain on a laptop....
> 
> paul.
> 
> 


Hello,

I don't have a solution, but I just wanted to let you know that vanilla 
(no patches) 2.6.25 is working without such an issue on my T42. Let me 
know if you want my .config and grub options.