On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > > > > > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:42:32 -0800 "Natalie Protasevich" > > > > > > <protasnb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > .. > > > > > > > > with CONFIG_NO_HZ and/or CONFIG_HPET_TIMER set kernel 2.6.23 > > > > > doesn't > > > > > > > > boot (ARM, Timer) > > > > > > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9229 > > > > > > > > Kernel: 2.6.23 > > > > > > > > No response from developers > > > > .. > > > > The bug report is bogus. ARM has no CONFIG_HPET_TIMER. > > > > Note: that same bug exists/existed on i386 back when NO_HZ was > > > > introduced (2.6.21?). I still see it from time to time on my Quad core > > > > system (very rare), but not any more on my Duo notebook where it used > > > > to happen about 1 in n boots (n < 10). > > > > > AFAICT no fix was ever released for it. > > > > Hmm, at which point does the boot stop ? > .. > > Just as it prints out these messages, sometimes one of them, > sometimes both (or all four on the quad core): > > kernel: switched to high resolution mode on cpu 1 > kernel: switched to high resolution mode on cpu 0 It's completely dead afterwards ? tglx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
