Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751900AbWKBINk (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 03:13:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751935AbWKBINk (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 03:13:40 -0500 Received: from ns2.uludag.org.tr ([193.140.100.220]:17536 "EHLO uludag.org.tr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751900AbWKBINk (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 03:13:40 -0500 From: "=?utf-8?q?S=2E=C3=87a=C4=9Flar?= Onur" Reply-To: caglar@pardus.org.tr Organization: =?utf-8?q?T=C3=9CB=C4=B0TAK_/?= UEKAE To: Zachary Amsden Subject: Re: 2.6.18 is problematic in VMware Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:13:33 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <45463B7D.8050002@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <45463B7D.8050002@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6923151.mItLXyFWVr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200611021013.38701.caglar@pardus.org.tr> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1715 Lines: 50 --nextPart6923151.mItLXyFWVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 30 Eki 2006 Pts 19:50 tarihinde, Zachary Amsden =C5=9Funlar=C4=B1 yazm=C4= =B1=C5=9Ft=C4=B1:=20 > > * Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor > > mode... Ok. * Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > > > > What's with that? > > Thanks. It is perhaps the jiffies calibration taking a while because of > the precise timing loop. Are you reasonably confident that it is a > regression in performance over 2.6.17? The boot sequence is pretty > complicated, and a lot of it is difficult / slow to virtualize, so it > could just be alternate timing makes the boot output appear to stall, > when in fact the raw time is still about the same. I will run some > experiments. This is the part of the same problem with my previous report ( [RFC] Avoid = PIT=20 SMP lockups thread), and im sure none the previous kernels have that proble= m. =2D-=20 S.=C3=87a=C4=9Flar Onur http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~caglar/ Linux is like living in a teepee. No Windows, no Gates and an Apache in hou= se! --nextPart6923151.mItLXyFWVr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFSaiyy7E6i0LKo6YRAmelAJ9395qcGIqkZeHhxvW81teS1EsEeQCgoUVw YcJ+GXGBLtBPJsOtjT+PouQ= =y4y4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6923151.mItLXyFWVr-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/