Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot

2007-12-15 Thread Arun Thomas
On Dec 15, 2007 1:07 AM, Len Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > try CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=n > try "hpet=disable" The problem still manifests when I unset CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS, CONFIG_HPET_TIMER, and CONFIG_NO_HZ (for good measure) in the kernel config. The delay occurs later in the bootup p

Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot

2007-12-14 Thread Arun Thomas
On Dec 14, 2007 2:01 PM, H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > The problem is caused by an SMI during the calibration routine. We > > really need to come up with a solid solution which does not rely on > > the periodic timer coming in, when there is something el

Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot

2007-12-14 Thread Arun Thomas
On Dec 14, 2007 5:43 AM, Thomas Gleixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Arun, do you have an USB keyboard plugged in ? If not, can you connect > one and check, whether it changes things or not ? I had a USB keyboard and mouse connected when I encountered the problem. Do you want me to try with a

Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot

2007-12-14 Thread Arun Thomas
On Dec 14, 2007 4:53 AM, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:10:31 -0500 "Arun Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [ 20.185881] Initializing CPU#1 > > [ 527.926587] Calibrating delay using timer specific rout