[ltp] 2.26.25 kernel - slow boot.

[paul marwick]

fire-eyes wrote:
> 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....
>
>
> 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.
Thanks. That might be very useful. If I can locate what opition(s) are 
being used that causes the problem, maybe I can talk JP into  not using 
them in stock Zenwalk kernels.

Can you attach the file to me, please?

paul.