linux-kernel - Re: boot

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Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:22:51 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	"Dave Young" <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Dave Jones" <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: boot_delay broken ?

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:14:36 +0800 Dave Young wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk> wrote:
> > The boot_delay switch seems to be behaving strangely in the
> >  current -git.  Setting it to =10 makes the output 'bursty'
> >  it becomes slow for some printk's whilst others scroll by
> >  at regular speed.
> >  Setting it any higher than that seems to make it pause for
> >  a really long time before it outputs any text at all.
> 
> On my side there's this issue for a long time
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/8/79

[http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118655896515049&w=2]

You asked questions and they were answered.  Perhaps you didn't like
the answers.

Here's a question for you.  What kernel boot options did you use?
Specifically, for lpj= and boot_delay= ?

> >
> >  x86 timer changes perhaps ?


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~Randy
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