Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760190AbXHBToB (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:44:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757910AbXHBTnw (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:43:52 -0400 Received: from livid.absolutedigital.net ([66.92.46.173]:33991 "EHLO mx2.absolutedigital.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754262AbXHBTnv (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:43:51 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:42:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Cal Peake To: Chuck Ebbert cc: Gabriel C , Frank Hale , Kernel Mailing List , Kernel ACPI Mailing List , len.brown@intel.com, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: ACPI on Averatec 2370 In-Reply-To: <46B22BDA.8090604@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <5ebbd9b50707291105w316f98e5h3fa17204c9119a2f@mail.gmail.com> <46ACD8DB.2020108@googlemail.com> <46B22BDA.8090604@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1202 Lines: 34 On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 08/02/2007 01:50 PM, Cal Peake wrote: > > This problem seems to be getting worse. With the latest linus tree, after > > the initial hang where the power button is needed to bring the system back > > to life, the boot process slows to a crawl. > > > > Although if I repeatedly press the shift key it'll help move things along. > > I'm guessing the keyboard interrupt firing off is doing something to help > > it. The system seems OK though after booting is finished. > > > > Upon shutdown it actually stalls out without help from the shift key. > > > > Any thoughts on this, or tips to help debug it further? > > Try the 'nolapic_timer' option. Ah, thank you Chuck! This looks to have fixed the stalling/hanging problems I was having. Now I'm wondering if arch/i386/kernel/cpu/amd.c:amd_apic_timer_broken() can (or needs to) be updated for this particular CPU revision. Andi? Thanks, -- Cal Peake - 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/