On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 07:09:18PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Linux folks, > > > I got my hands on an old Acer TravelMate 5735Z (Intel GM45/Cantiga) and > installed Debian Sid/unstable with Linux 5.6.7 on it. > > Booting the system it takes a long time, and the systemd units fail to > start. The logs contain that the TSC is unstable. Adding `tsc=unstable` to > the Linux kernel command line fixes this.
It fixes nothing; it just doesn't get you the warning because you told it upfront. > Do you have an idea, what might cause this? Yes, but you didn't include the dmesg of the affected case. IIRC it actually spells it out for you. > Do you have an idea, what might cause this, It's a Core2, Core2 doesn't have stable TSC. > and how it can be fixed? Use a 'better' CPU :-)
