Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750855AbWKCIH7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 03:07:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751398AbWKCIH7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 03:07:59 -0500 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:12224 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750855AbWKCIH6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 03:07:58 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:07:05 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Zachary Amsden cc: Mark Lord , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.18 is problematic in VMware In-Reply-To: <45480777.6070908@vmware.com> Message-ID: References: <45463B7D.8050002@vmware.com> <4547584F.6000702@rtr.ca> <45480777.6070908@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1316 Lines: 35 > > I see a large delay _before_: (Yes, so do I) > Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. (lpj== > > The lpj value is 38x the host lpj host value. Booting with lpj="some random > number" removes the stall for me. And finally, breaking into kernel in this > stall period consistently shows EIPs in calibrate_delay in backtrace. > >> One can see that it pauses before calibration (already mentioned that) and >> once again after NET: ... during IP init!? What's going on :( >> > > The NET: pause has always been there, I think it just becomes much more > noticeable if the lpj value is 38x normal. > > Conclusion: you are getting bad lpj computation during beginning. Doesn't > appear to be a kernel bug, so let's take it off list. You can bring it up on > VMTN http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa?categoryID=1 for more on-topic > support. In fact, interesting test you can try - suspend / resume during the > hang. Does the discontinuity during calibration make it go away? http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=60663 -`J' -- - 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/