From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758736AbXLNTCb (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:02:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755721AbXLNTCW (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:02:22 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:45155 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754953AbXLNTCW (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:02:22 -0500 Message-ID: <4762D322.2060101@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:01:54 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Gleixner CC: Jiri Slaby , Arun Thomas , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot References: <9a8cbed90712140110l156a34e3x38533b7710544cf8@mail.gmail.com> <20071214015315.09829a99.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <9a8cbed90712140201r6cb287d9w99cc1210c68e8e60@mail.gmail.com> <4762586F.8090603@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 keyboard plugged in ? If not, can you connect > one and check, whether it changes things or not ? > How long is the SMI? -hpa