linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:01:31 -0500
From:	"Arun Thomas" <arun.thomas@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot

On Dec 14, 2007 4:53 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:10:31 -0500 "Arun Thomas" <arun.thomas@...il.com> wrote:
>
> > [   20.185881] Initializing CPU#1
> > [  527.926587] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine..
> > 200566.59 BogoMIPS (lpj=401133185)
>
> Silly question: is that delay actually observeable by a human,
> or is it just a leap in the printk timestamping?

Good question. Yes, it's human-observable. The kernel "hangs" for  8
mins by my wall clock, and then it continues to boot up.

Thanks,
Arun
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