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Message-ID: <20070325191845.GA11307@redhat.com> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:18:45 -0400 From: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> To: Helmut Auer <vdr@...mutauer.de> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.20 takes a long time to load On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 02:22:08PM +0200, Helmut Auer wrote: > Hello List, > > The kernel 2.6.20 makes a long delay during booting ( about 15 seconds ) after showing: > > NET: Registered protocol family 2 > > then it goes along with: > > IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) > TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 98304 bytes) > ... > > I am using the kernel parameter lpj to avoid calculating processor speed during kernel load. > If I do not use the lpj parameter, the detection of cpu speed takes about 10 seconds, but then > there is no delay after: > NET: Registered protocol family 2 > > Any hints what I can try to get a fast booting kernel ? > I am using 2.6.20 with some gentoo patches ( plain 2.6.20-4 has the same problem ). booting with initcall_debug will tell you the last thing it initialised before the pause, which may give some clues. Alternatively, git bisect ? Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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