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 Len Brown
On Friday 14 December 2007 04:10, Arun Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > My Dell Vostro desktop w/ an Intel E6850 dual-core 3GHz CPU has an 8+ > minute delay during boot. The machine seems to run fine after it > boots. The problem occurs on the Ubuntu gutsy 2.6.22-14 kernel, > 2.6.23.9, and 2.6.24-rc5. I ha

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

2007-12-14 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Arun Thomas wrote: 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 somethi

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 H. Peter Anvin
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 else (HPET, pm_timer) available. I have a look into this. Arun, do you have an USB

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

2007-12-14 Thread Mark Lord
Thomas Gleixner wrote: .. Arun, do you have an USB keyboard plugged in ? If not, can you connect one and check, whether it changes things or not ? .. One of my two affected boxes has a USB mouse plugged in, and it makes no difference one way or another. No USB keyboards here, though. Cheers -

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

2007-12-14 Thread Mark Lord
Arun Thomas wrote: ... [ 31.670148] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) [ 31.670351] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536) [ 31.670391] TCP reno registered [ 31.681591] checking if image is initramfs...<7>Switched to high resolution mode on CP

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 Thomas Gleixner
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 12/14/2007 11:01 AM, Arun Thomas wrote: > > 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: > >> > > some time before: > [ 20.101392] Calibrating delay

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

2007-12-14 Thread Jiri Slaby
On 12/14/2007 11:01 AM, Arun Thomas wrote: > 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: >> some time before: [ 20.101392] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5989.01 BogoMIPS (lpj=1

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 routine.. > > 200566.59 BogoMIPS (lpj=401133185) > > Si

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

2007-12-14 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:10:31 -0500 "Arun Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Dell Vostro desktop w/ an Intel E6850 dual-core 3GHz CPU has an 8+ > minute delay during boot. The machine seems to run fine after it > boots. The problem occurs on the Ubuntu gutsy 2.6.22-14 kernel, > 2.6.23.9, and 2